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Speaker Group: Business Leader

Antti Partanen 2023 Speaker

“Antti joined Finnfund in March 2022 and before joining Finnfund, he was in Private Equity business for almost 20 years focusing on Eastern Europe and the Baltic States. Before entering private equity business, he held various positions in corporate banking with Finnish corporates. At Finnfund, Antti is member of Financial Institutions team covering microfinance institutions,… Read more »

Antonia Bothner 2023 Speaker

20yrs+ Investing, VC investing & capital raising, Institutional Equity Portfolio Management and Sales in Emerging Markets with stages at KPMG (SA), Credit Suisse (London), Investec (London), British Airways (London). Antonia is a Post Grad of the University of Cape Town (Accounting, Tax, Audit) and holds a Qualified CA (SA) and UKCP British Registered Psychotherapist. Has… Read more »

Annika Brouwer 2023 Speaker

“Annika is an analyst within Ninety One’s Sustainability team. Her focus is on climate transition within and beyond Ninety One’s portfolio; including our advocacy initiatives, supporting the development of a Transition Plan assessment framework for the investment teams, working closely with the investment teams as they assess corporate transition plans, supporting our climate-related strategic engagement… Read more »

Anne-Marie Chidzero 2023 Speaker

“Anne-Marie is CIO of FSD Africa Investments, the investment arm of FSD Africa. A Zimbabwean, she is the former CEO of FSD Mozambique, and Co-founder of Alitheia IDF Managers, a private equity fund manager investing in women-led businesses. Anne-Marie has a wealth of experience in building African financial markets. Across her career, she has led… Read more »

Anita Kover 2023 Speaker

Anita joined UBS Optimus Foundation in Switzerland in 2018 as a Social Finance Program Director. Anita’s role at the foundation has a focus on venture investments. In addition, Anita brings extensive experience in structuring impact finance funds from initial concept through investment thesis, governance, financial modeling and full launch. Previously Anita dedicated five years of… Read more »

Angus Brown 2023 Speaker

“Angus is the CEO of Minit Money, South Africa’s leading blockchain remittance business. This is the culmination of a career founding and leading innovative payments businesses in South Africa. Angus was part of the founding team in 2000, and later CEO of eBucks.com. As the world’s first bank-backed digital currency, this business made a lasting… Read more »

Andy Bainbridge 2023 Speaker

Andy is the Partner at gateway Partners in charge of Credit. He is also the Chair of Cable & Wireless Seychelles, The Infrastructure Crisis Facility Debt Pool and the Private Infrastructure Development Group. Andy was previously the CEO of the SBM Group, the Global Head of Commercial Clients and the CRO for Africa, MENA, Europe… Read more »

Andrew Halsall 2023 Speaker

“Andy Halsall is the CEO of Poa Internet, an ISP bridging the digital divide by providing affordable Internet to under-served communities in Kenya. Poa’s goal is to accelerate education, economic growth and social inclusion by connecting the hundreds of millions of Africans without Internet access. Andy is an accomplished entrepreneur and executive with a 30… Read more »

Andre Jr Ayotte 2023 Speaker

Mr. Ayotte is a proven financial director and entrepreneur with 10+ years experience in financial and risk due diligence, Capital Markets deal structuring, and buy/sell-side M&A in diversified industries. He’s currently executive director of a Single Family Office covering PE and VC transactions in Africa, and Partner of a global VC platform. Mr. Ayotte held… Read more »

Amr Sultan 2023 Speaker

“With over 22 years in investment banking experience in Egypt, I bring a wealth of expertise in leading equity and debt capital market transactions and mergers and acquisitions worth more than $8 billion. Most recently during my investment banking career, I have co-founded Akanar Partners, an investment bank in Egypt, which achieved a strategic exit… Read more »