Nick Taylor
Founding Partner

Nick has 13 years of experience in African debt capital markets & fixed income portfolio management and 7 years real estate development experience in the UK. He spent ten years living and working in Botswana during which time he managed fixed income and credit assets for the Botswana Government Pension Fund and Botswana Life (Sanlam Group).

Tim Diack
Partner

Tim has many years of experience in banking and asset management. At Ashburton Tim was responsible for the distribution of Africa focussed alternative investments to institutional investors in the developed markets. Following on from Ashburton’s distribution successes in the United States Tim assisted in setting Rand Merchant Bank up for distribution of bank products to institutional investors in the United States.

Terry Addo
Senior Advisor

Terry has over 10 years experience working across multiple international markets having been based in Geneva, Mumbai, London & Accra. His experience encompasses projects within the oil and gas sector as well as the overall energy sector. He has worked for both Trafigura and Citibank.

Steven Cohen
Senior Advisor

Steven spent many years as a senior lawyer at a leading US law firm. He grew Northiam Group into the leading specialist legal recruiter in the fee-sharing space. Steven has worked closely with the owners of law firms providing strategic advice in order to maximise their potential.

Kunal Naik
Senior Advisor

Kunal has 10 years of business and finance experience. He began his career at Standard Chartered bank in London working on high yield debt transactions. His family founded the Flotek Group – Southern Africa’s largest plastic pipe manufacturing company. He has extensive experienced in funding & capital raisings.

Anne-Madeleine Kropf
Senior Advisor

Anne-Madeleine has 14 years’ experience in the financial sector of which 12 have been in impact investing in both Latin America and Africa. At the AlphaMundi Group she developed, reshaped and managed a portfolio of 12 SMEs in Latin America. More recently, at the International Labour Organization, she worked in the ESG sector advising the African Agricultural Trade and Investment Fund (AATIF) on social and environmental risks.

Jihan Yasin
Associate

Jihan has 12 years of experience across financial services, primarily focused within real estate and is a trained management accountant. Originally from Somalia she is very active across the female business network in London helping to mentor & assist young upcoming female entrepreneurs from disadvantaged backgrounds.