Bio

Almost 20 years’ experience providing legal and regulatory , strategy, mergers and acquisition advice to global publicly traded companies, governments and multilateral organizations. I have dedicated significant personal time to serving on Boards within the financial sectors where I have contributed to coaching and building capacity of fintech entrepreneurs, initiated legislative transformation across the financial ecosystem, chaired committees including ESG, Risk, Governance, Innovation and ICT. Career highlights include: 📌advisory positions including Advisor in the Office of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation and Advisor to the Zambian Ministry of Health and Community Development, 📌leading due diligences for deals between $50 million and $300 million, 📌Energy transition: negotiating financing agreements including the KivuWatt $142 million project (won the 2011 Africa Power Deal of the Year by Euromoney's Project Finance magazine for ground-breaking technology), 📌drafting, reviewing and negotiating on behalf of the Government of Rwanda in a methane gas deal for the production of 50Mw of power, 📌participating in the multi-stakeholder discussions between the World Economic Forum, World Trade Organisation and East African governmental stakeholders; mining companies and host communities Keywords: Board and committee member, Business advisory, Strategic planning and advisory, Financial acumen, Due diligences, Project financing, Leadership, Fundraising, Stakeholder relations, Communication, external affairs, stakeholder engagement, business development, Fintech, Mining, Information Technology, Agribusiness, Energy, Oil and Gas.