Portfolio manager for the Jiinue Growth Program (JGP), responsible for the overall performance of the GBF portfolio. JGP is providing US$ 24m of loan capital to a wide range of MSMEs, focusing on women and youth-led businesses with the goal of improving access to under served markets.

Dotwood Designs is a leading joinery in Kenya that designs, builds and installs premium kitchens, wardrobes, cabinets and doors for commercial and residential projects. Dotwood Designs also manufactures high-end bespoke furniture including hard wood furniture, upholstered furniture and board based furniture.

Enkare is a firm established to support high social and environmental impact businesses raise debt or equity from impact investment funds.Enkare has a deep understanding of the fundraising process and how a company needs to prepare for the journey, it also has relationships with over 100 investment funds with strategies covering sub-Saharan Africa across a broad range of sectors.www.enkarepartners.com

Uqalo is a private equity fund looking to support growing businesses that are set to benefit from increasing incomes and changes in purchasing behaviours in East Africa

Supporting companies to raise capital, primarily focusing on agribusiness in East Africa.

AECF Connect is the investment brokering unit of the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) which enables the AECF portfolio of 200+ companies gain better access to future rounds of equity and debt. Our focus is working with private sector companies whose growing commercial success will have a positive impact on poor rural communities in Africa. AECF Connect has been established with support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). Connect extends the impact of the AECF’s involvement with grantees by supporting them in raising capital from investors and lenders as well as providing expert advice and strategic input surrounding the fundraising.

Senior Associate in London Top Tier Assurance within the Entertainment, Education, Publishing and Media industries.Performed financial statement audits as well as controls testing in an advisory role, providing technical advice and guidance to clients on accounting treatments and disclosures for financial statements. Supervised and led teams in London, Amsterdam and Boston taking on a manager role. Core clients:Pearson plc - Revenue $10.03bnPearson is the world's leading learning company. They have a presence in over 70 countries with interests in education, consumer publishing and business information.Paramount Pictures Corporation - Revenue $1.2bnParamount Pictures Corporation is a film and television production/distribution studio, consistently ranked as one of the largest (top-grossing) film studios. It is a subsidiary of U.S. media conglomerate, Viacom.Thomson Reuters Corporation - Revenue $13.27bnThomson Reuters Corporation is a multinational media and information firm based in New York City.