30 Jan

South African boutique asset manager Mergence Investment Managers has made several appointments, gearing up for further growth.

14 Jan

DOB Equity, a Dutch family-backed impact investment firm, has announced that its CEO, Brigit van Dijk – van de Reijt, will relocate back to Europe with her family.

14 Nov

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has appointed Seema Dhanani and Benson Adenuga as Heads of Office for Kenya and Nigeria, respectively.

5 Nov

Goldman Sach’s CEO of Sub-Saharan Africa, Colin Coleman has said he will retire from the firm at the end of the year, after 25 years in banking of which 20 years has been at Goldman Sachs.

29 Oct

Stonehage Fleming has recently welcomed Fred Robertson to the Stonehage Fleming family as a Non-Executive Board member on its local Board of Directors.

29 Oct

Adenia Partners has hired Stephane Bacquaert as Managing Director and member of the Board.

26 Sep

The United States Senate has confirmed Adam S. Boehler to serve as the first Chief Executive Officer of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) – a new US Government agency.

10 Sep

CDC, the UK’s development financial institution, has announced the appointment of Tony Morgan as its new Managing Director, Direct Equity.

9 Aug

GreenTec Capital has appointed Aboubaker Benslimane as Head of Startup Resources.

17 Jul

Blackstone has hired Gabriel Sod Hoffs as a Managing Director and Head of Emerging Markets and Global Macro Strategy for Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM).

16 Jul

Standard Bank has appointed Joël Touré as the new Chief Executive of its subsidiary STANBIC BANK in Côte d’Ivoire, effective June 5, 2019.

16 Jul

Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), one of the oldest pan-African private equity investors, has named Paul Maasdorp as a Partner.

5 Jun

Africa Merchant Capital, a privately owned boutique merchant bank, based in London, and focused exclusively on the high growth private capital markets of Sub-Sahara Africa, has appointed Kenton Hartwell as its new General Manager for AMC Trade Finance.

24 May

The Board of Old Mutual Limited (OML) has decided to separate with the Group CEO, Peter Moyo,  so releasing him from his duties and enabling the appointment of an interim chief executive officer.