Maria Largey is the Head of the Financial Institutions sector team at CDC and is responsible for the equity FI portfolio across Africa and Asia. Prior to joining CDC in 2012, she worked in the microfinance sector at both Agora Microfinance Partners and Opportunity International. Before joining the development finance sector, Maria worked at JPMorgan… Read more »
James Marshall – Senior Portfolio Manager at Enko Capital, responsible for the Enko Africa Debt Fund. We provide exposure to high yielding African Debt markets in both hard and local currency whilst using strict risk management techniques to mitigate credit and currency risk. Prior to this role I was head of local market trading for… Read more »
Patrick is a core member of LeapFrog’s investment team, and drives investments across the African landscape. Before leaping to LeapFrog, Patrick was Partner at Kingdom Africa Management, a pan-African focused private equity investment firm with more than $600 million in assets under management. Here, Patrick managed multi-million dollar investments from sourcing through to leading successful… Read more »
Karim EL HNOT is the CEO of Sogécapital Gestion the asset management arm of Société Générale in Morocco. Karim has 18 years experience in the asset management industry in Morocco. He was successively equity analyst, fixed income fund manager, CIO and Deputy CEO in major asset management firms in Morocco before joining Sogécapital Gestion as… Read more »
Mr. Emeka Okonkwo joined Union Bank, Nigeria in 2013 as an Executive Director heading the Bank’s Corporate, International, Investment Banking and Treasury businesses. Mr. Okonkwo’s career in the banking industry commenced 25 years ago as an officer in Citibank Nigeria. It has spanned Corporate Finance, Credit Risk Management, Marketing, Treasury and Strategic Management in Citibank… Read more »
Bennie is a qualified chartered accountant with diverse financial, executive management and entrepreneurial skills. His personality and professional skills are geared to add value to an environment that is growing and expanding. He is an excellent enabler of ambitious businesses and individuals embarking on a growth path. After matriculating in 1993, Bennie completed his B.Com… Read more »
Antti Urvas has M.Sc Degree in Economics from Helsinki School of Economics. Antti started his career as Investment Manager at the Central Bank of Finland in 1989. From there he moved to work in London and Helsinki with FX- and interest rate derivatives for an innovative brokerage and risk management company serving multinational and international… Read more »
Grégoire is in charge of funding strategy and development for Microcred Group affiliates in Africa and China. He has more than 15 years experience in financial services industry working in client management, credit advisory and asset management in Credit Suisse and Ernst & Young. He is active in Microfinance for the past 5 years. Gregoire… Read more »
Never is a well rounded Chartered Accountant. He has experience in Strategy, Financial Management, Control & Reporting, Bank Supervision & Surveillance, Investor Relations, International Debt Markets, Operations Management, Compliance and Risk Management, gained over more than a decade and a half of working in the financial services sector; including at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe,… Read more »
Nicholas is a Partner at Fincon Africa, a Financial Advisory Services firm that advises on Equity, Debt and Knowledge, with focus on African markets. He takes direct responsibility for the firm’s Debt and Knowledge businesses. Prior to joining Fincon he delivered over 14 years of Commercial, Corporate and Private Banking, pioneering sales and risk management… Read more »
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