Archives: Speakers

Alain André has been creating technoparks and companies for more than 30 years; to his credit, some twenty technoparks have been created in Europe, Asia and Africa, creating thousands of direct innovative jobs and tens of thousands of indirect jobs; the recent examples of the Ivory Coast, Egypt and Morocco are a good illustration of… Read more »

Elise Donovan is the chief executive officer of BVI Finance and brings to the role wide-ranging work experience in Asia, North America, the Caribbean, and Africa. Elise has played a major role in expanding and deepening the BVI’s financial services footprint in cities around the world, specifically in the Asia Pacific region, through strategic relationship… Read more »

Ayodeji Dawodu is a Desk Analyst and Head of Africa coverage at BancTrust. He has close to eight years experience in Credit and Equity Research working at Standard Bank, Exotix Capital, Investment One Financial Services and Debtwire while he also had a brief stint at Sahara Energy as a Project and Petroleum Economist within the… Read more »

Dean Tyler is a Board Member & the Head of Global Markets at BancTrust, based in London. He has 25 years of experience in Fixed Income Markets, 22 of them in Emerging Markets. He has run Fixed Income, Currency & Commodity businesses for Exotix Capital, Sberbank, VTB Capital & ING Bank amongst others and has… Read more »

Michal Parkitny has more than 20 years of experience in the international capital markets, including senior capital markets roles at JPMorgan, Standard Bank and currently BancTrust. At Standard Bank Michal Parkitny was heading the high-yield capital markets corporate effort with particular focus on the Sub-Saharan Africa region. He managed to transform the Bank’s capital markets… Read more »

Samia Tnani is a seasoned credit professional with strong expertise on the African continent. Since 2014, she has served as Chief Credit Officer at AfricInvest Private Credit, the debt vehicle of the AfricInvest Group. In her role, Samia drives credit transactions for African SMEs to finance their growth in a sustainable manner. Previously, Samia Tnani… Read more »

Lisa Mazaleni is the Deputy Director for Aquaculture Investment Promotions at the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment in South Africa. Her portfolio focusses on aquaculture sector development; investment promotion and facilitation, and supporting industry with access to local and international markets. With 13 years’ combined experience from the public and private sector, Lisa… Read more »

Louis Lebon is an Investment Analyst for Sub-Saharan Africa at Symbiotics, an impact investment fund manager focusing on senior and subordinated debt transactions in frontier and emerging markets economies. Symbiotics manages an aggregated portfolio of USD 2.9 billion spread across 25 funds and mandates of which USD 440 million in Africa. The main investment focus… Read more »

Lisa Putter is the of Senior Pipeline Manager for Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa for The Symbiotics Group. Symbiotics is the leading market access platform for impact investing in emerging and frontier economies. The group manages >USD 2.9 billion in Assets for > 20 funds including the Regional MSME Investment Fund for Sub-Saharan Africa. The Fund invests… Read more »

Paul Chaggar specialises in strategy, business/product development, marketing and PR. He is a multicultural and multilingual senior professional skilled in building businesses and brand equity in the financial services, automotive, industrials, and professional services sectors across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Currently working as Chief Commercial Officer with Tugende, Paul Chaggar previously worked… Read more »