Archives: Speakers

Thurstan Moodley is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Khumovest. Thurstan has more than 11 years experience in the Financial Services Sector, 5 years of which were dedicated exclusively to managing private equity, mezzanine finance and structured investment product asset portfolios. Thurstan has additionally managed senior debt investments as well as investments in the Small… Read more »

Thomas is GreenTec’s CFO and co-founder, who brought his extensive financial and investment background to the development of GreenTec’s investment approach. Thomas is a specialist for financing, investor relations and business planning. In the middle of a successful career at Deutsche Bank (DB), Thomas decided to apply his wealth of financial expertise towards work with… Read more »

Thomas is the Managing Director of Lango Real Estate Ltd (Lango), where he played the lead role in founding the business as a joint venture with Ninety One and Growthpoint Properties, in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Lango is a real estate company focused on generating compelling and sustainable investor returns through the… Read more »

She holds B.Agric in Agricultural Economics from the University of Benin, Edo State, Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and currently pursuing Masters in Marketing and Innovation (MA) at the Metropolitan School Of Business UK. An experienced Business Development Consultant with a focus on the Agricultural Sector and currently Group Head Business Development at BOI Investment… Read more »

Thato is a portfolio manager at Sanlam Private Wealth; a part time finance lecturer; and a director of CFA Society South Africa. He has 10 years experience across investment banking, investment management, film production and the education sector.

Susan has spent her career building businesses either focused on or located in global emerging markets, primarily Africa. After having been called the Bar in Canada, Susan’s early work experience included senior management roles with JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs. In 1997, Susan co-founded a hedge fund focused on emerging markets, as well as helping… Read more »

Kawtar Eddahmani is a Managing Director for the Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Team at Barings Asset Management, and member of the EM Corporate Investment Committee. Her coverage includes, among others, most African countries. Prior to joining Barings in 2014, Kawtar was at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government where she specialised in International Development. Prior… Read more »

Kaan Nazli is Senior Economist and Portfolio Manager for Emerging Markets Debt at Neuberger Berman. He has previous positions in ING Investment Management and Medley Global Advisors, where he was responsible for macro research and sovereign debt credit views. Before that, he worked as a research analyst for Eurasia Group where he advised financial institutions… Read more »

Jonathan Shaw is the founder and CEO of Kivu Green Energy (KGE), a renewable energy developer in eastern DR Congo. KGE is the first Congolese-founded startup to receive a Series A round of investment, the first to bring a solar hybrid mini-grid online in Congo, and is currently deploying the largest off grid solar hybrid… Read more »

Greg Murray is CEO and Co-Founder of KOKO Networks – a venture-backed technology company with 600 staff in Kenya and India. He and his team have designed an imaginative approach to deliver affordable clean cooking fuel at scale, tackling the scourge of indoor air pollution (caused by dirty cooking fuels) that kills more people each… Read more »