Experience

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  AfricInvest Group

  • Tunis

  • Equity Investment Committee Member

    • Feb 2014 - Present
    • Tunis

    Independent investment committee member of 4 Africinvest equity funds: Africinvest IV Private Equity, Africinvest FIVE, Africinvest Private Credit, Africinvest Financial Services FundInvestments focus on African financial and diverse sectors. http://www.africinvest.com

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  Africa Food Security Fund

  • Johannesburg and Accra

  • Equity Investment Committee Chairman

    • Aug 2018 - Present
    • Johannesburg and Accra

    Independent investment committee member and chairman on two Zebu Partners' funds - Africa Food Security Fund and AAF SME Fund. Focus is food production, storage, transport, trade, and processing in sub-Saharan Africa. http://www.zebuinvestments.com/africa-food-security-fund/

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  KORADO, a.s.

  • Ceska Trebova, Czech Republic

  • Senior Advisor

    • Feb 2017 - Present
    • Ceska Trebova, Czech Republic

    Senior advisor and member of the finance and investment committee supporting the board and the CEO. Korado is a manufacturer of heating systems and radiators with operations from the Czech Republic and Bulgaria. https://www.korado.com/korado-group/about-us.html

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  Nestor Advisors

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Senior Advisor

    • Feb 2015 - Mar 2018
    • London, United Kingdom

    Role in developing corporate governance advisory business with a special focus in areas related to risk management and governance. https://www.nestoradvisors.com

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  Bank Millennium

  • Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

  • Independent Board Member

    • May 2015 - Apr 2017
    • Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

    Member of Audit and Risk Committees

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  Romgaz

  • Medias, Romania

  • Independent board member

    • Dec 2013 - Jan 2015
    • Medias, Romania

    Independent board member and chair of audit committee in Romania's major listed gas company.

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  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  • Europe

  • Consultant

    • Apr 2014 - Sep 2014
    • Europe

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  KfW

  • Morocco

  • Consultant

    • Feb 2014 - Mar 2014
    • Morocco

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  EBRD

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Managing Director Risk

    • May 2011 - Nov 2013
    • London, United Kingdom

    Responsible for bank wide risks with six teams reporting on new transactions, portfolio, corporate recovery, treasury counterparts, operational risk, portfolio exposure measurement, and reporting.

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  EBRD

  • United Kingdom
  • Banking
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Deputy, then Director Credit Transaction Analysis

    • 2002 - 2010

    Responsible for managing a major team identifying risk, structuring, pricing more than 400 debt and equity investments annually and recommending approval or otherwise in Central and Eastern Europe as well as Central Asia.

  • Senior Credit Manager

    • Jan 1996 - May 2002

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  Asian Development Bank

  • Manila

  • Senior Investment Officer / Portfolio Risk Manager

    • Mar 1991 - Dec 1995
    • Manila

    Lending officer in the Private Sector Department for industrial and financial projects in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan, then appointed to act as a risk manager for the Private Sector.

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  JPMorgan Chase

  • New York, Bogota, Karachi, Hong Kong

  • Up to Vice President

    • Feb 1979 - Nov 1990
    • New York, Bogota, Karachi, Hong Kong

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  U.S. Department of the Treasury

  • Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • International Economist

    • Jan 1976 - Sep 1978
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area

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  United States Senate

  • Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Legislative Aide to Senator Lloyd Bentsen

    • Jan 1973 - Dec 1974
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area