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.
CDC, the UK’s development financial institution, has announced the appointment of Tony Morgan as its new Managing Director, Direct Equity.
GreenTec Capital has appointed Aboubaker Benslimane as Head of Startup Resources.
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).
Standard Bank has appointed Joël Touré as the new Chief Executive of its subsidiary STANBIC BANK in Côte d’Ivoire, effective June 5, 2019.
Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), one of the oldest pan-African private equity investors, has named Paul Maasdorp as a Partner.
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.
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.
AXIS Fiduciary, a fiduciary service provider in Mauritius, has appointed Johan Brink as its Country Representative Officer in South Africa.
FinDev Canada, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Export Development Canada (EDC), has appointed Mimi Alemayehou as an independent Board Member to its Board of Directors.
Franklin Templeton has appointed Nicole Vettise as Senior Vice President, Institutional Portfolio Manager (IPM) within Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity’s (FTEME) investment team.
The US Government’s development finance institution, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), has appointed David Bohigian as Acting President and Chief Executive Officer.
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) has appointed Wanjiku Mugane as a Senior Advisor in Kenya.
CDC, the UK’s development financial institution, has appointed Stephen Priestley as its new Managing Director, Funds and Capital Partnerships.
