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Energy
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Experience
Gluon
Finance
Partner
Gluon is a private investment holding company with investments and activity in Africa and North America
Source, diligence, invest, and manage investments across a wide spectrum of industries that will play key roles in the world’s next wave of development.
Source, diligence, invest, and manage investments across a wide spectrum of industries that will play key roles in the world’s next wave of development.
Engineers Without Borders - Canada
Finance
Managing Director - EWB Ventures
• Set up and led impact investment vehicle aimed at innovative early-stage social ventures in Africa
• Managed portfolio of 8 investments, sourced, and diligenced new ventures for investment
o Invested in 6 startups - ag, fintech, edtech, and housing; in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia
o Catalyzed follow-on fundraising worth ~6x EWB’s invested capital (and growing)
• EWB Ventures recognized as 2016 Impact Investor of the Year by MaRS Centre for Impact Investing
• Managed portfolio of 8 investments, sourced, and diligenced new ventures for investment
o Invested in 6 startups - ag, fintech, edtech, and housing; in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia
o Catalyzed follow-on fundraising worth ~6x EWB’s invested capital (and growing)
• EWB Ventures recognized as 2016 Impact Investor of the Year by MaRS Centre for Impact Investing
Global Environment Fund
Finance
Vice President
GEF is a global private equity firm investing in the energy, environmental, and natural resources sectors with ~$1bn in AUM
GEF's Africa Growth Fund invests in clean energy (generation, transmission and distribution, efficiency, natural gas, etc.) and resource efficiency (water, waste, efficient logistics, agri-processing, etc.) businesses in Africa.
GEF's Africa Growth Fund invests in clean energy (generation, transmission and distribution, efficiency, natural gas, etc.) and resource efficiency (water, waste, efficient logistics, agri-processing, etc.) businesses in Africa.
Accion
Finance
Director, East Africa
Headed SSA VC efforts for Accion
• Sourced over 60 investment opportunities, conducted due diligence, modeled financials, prepared prescreens
and investment memoranda for internal team and investment committee review
• Established Accion and Venture Lab presence in East Africa, including setting up office in Nairobi, attending
conferences and developing contacts in East Africa region and, more broadly, throughout Sub-Saharan Africa
• Sourced over 60 investment opportunities, conducted due diligence, modeled financials, prepared prescreens
and investment memoranda for internal team and investment committee review
• Established Accion and Venture Lab presence in East Africa, including setting up office in Nairobi, attending
conferences and developing contacts in East Africa region and, more broadly, throughout Sub-Saharan Africa
Open Capital Advisors
Management Consulting
Fellow
Open Capital Advisors is a financial intermediary focused on supporting high-growth SMEs and interested investors in East
Africa; OCA provides investment banking, strategic consulting, and portfolio management services
Africa; OCA provides investment banking, strategic consulting, and portfolio management services
Lehman Brothers
Finance
Investment Banking Associate
GFA was the analytical arm of the investment bank dedicated to developing solutions for complex strategic/financing issues
Telemetry Investments
Finance
Trader
Oversaw execution of primary quantitative trading strategy for a ~$150MM long/short portfolio.
Salomon Smith Barney
Finance
Investment Banking Analyst
Quantitative investment banking analyst