PROFILE • Seasoned professional with strong track record in private equity, banking, consulting, and since 2014 in the not for profit sector. Achieved results with diverse teams in Africa, Latin America, and Europe.• Lifelong emerging markets experience in Asia, Latin America and Africa. • Entrepreneurial: creates opportunities, brings together parties to form new ventures. Flexible, open for change, hands on. • Skilled in complex problem solving, decision taker; proven experience in managing complex organizations and projects with multiple internal and external stakeholders. • Ability to lead and motivate people on different organizational levels. Easily moves across cultures, at all levels of society, respecting local custom. Natural relationship builder, interested in what drives people, excellent listener and communicator. • Trained as a banker, lawyer and at business school: at home in financial reporting, legal documentation and governance. Excellent understanding of business models, industries and financial markets. • Gained good understanding of the international development sector and UN Sustainable Development AgendaACHIEVEMENTS• Repositioned a 100-year-old institute with great team and new purpose and direction. The first SDG House in the world!• Created a business partner network across Africa. Identified, negotiated and managed private equity investments in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, South Sudan and Zambia. Produced at Presidential level a cash exit in Equatorial Guinea, with 34 % IRR. • Built new markets from scratch, creating greenfield banks, which became prominent institutions in their countries. • Successfully managed “trouble”: thriving in complicated situations. Restructured and merged banking operations. Solved long outstanding problems at government and shareholder level.• Effective supervisor: Independent Non-Executive board member