Private equity investments in growth companies in the East African region. Six investments and two exits to date, including investments in the power sector, FMCG, financial services, municipal infrastructure and hospitality sectors.

Chair the AMC in charge of a USD1 billion portfolio of investments in banks and fintechs across Africa

Independent Non Executive Director and member of the Board Audit Committee

Appointed as a Non Executive Director

Independent member of the investment committee of an impact fund that invests across Africa.

Mentoring entrepreneurs of well-established businesses

Appointed to the board of Standard Chartered Bank Kenya as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Chaired the audit committee and credit committee of board, and was a member of the risk committee.

Stanford SEED is a program specifically designed for business owners and is led by Stanford Graduate School of Business faculty. I led the corporate governance module of the program in East Africa in the early years (2016 - 2019) and remain an occasional presenter and forum participant.

Independent member of the Investment Committee, evaluating new investments and monitoring portfolio performance for agricultural impact investments across East Africa.

Non-Executive Independent DirectorCentum is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange and is one of the largest investment companies in East Africa

2006-2007 in Nairobi, Kenya. Specific transaction experience:• Africa Micro & SME Program, providing investment and TA to several banks in East Africa (debt, tier II, equity, credit guarantees). • Trade Finance facilities to Barclays, KCB, Prime Bank, Orient Bank etc. • Tier II capital investment in DFCU, Uganda. • Managed banking sector investments in Nigeria 1998-2005 in Washington DC. Specific transaction experience:• Syndicated lending to HDFC (India)• Lending to CenterInvest Bank (Russia), Asaka Bank (Uzbekistan), Nouvobanq (Seychelles), Global Trust Bank (India)• Equity investment in Anjia (Shanghai, China) • Guarantee facility to Network Leasing (Pakistan)• Managed investment portfolio in India/Indonesia, including shipping, insurance, textiles, healthcare, banking.• Restructuring negotiations with co-lenders to Argo Pantes, Indonesia (Textiles), liquidation/sale of some of IFC's equity investments in Indonesia.• Managed non-investment TA projects

Specialized in corporate finance advisory work in East Africa: Privatization, restructuring, advice to regulators on listing requirements, M&A.

Variety of M&A transactions, including ₤23bn merger between Guinness and Grand Metropolitan to form Diageo, ₤100m flotation of GEO (high-tech Israeli company), ₤54m disposal of bus operator to quoted UK company, other MBO, valuation and privatization assignments.

Statutory audits of financial institutions, tourism/hotels, manufacturing, agriculture etc. Also non-audit special projects, including high-profile investigations into the activities of Kenyan banks.