Gluon is a private investment holding company with investments and activity in Africa and North America

Source, diligence, invest, and manage investments across a wide spectrum of industries that will play key roles in the world’s next wave of development.

• Set up and led impact investment vehicle aimed at innovative early-stage social ventures in Africa
• Managed portfolio of 8 investments, sourced, and diligenced new ventures for investment
o Invested in 6 startups - ag, fintech, edtech, and housing; in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia
o Catalyzed follow-on fundraising worth ~6x EWB’s invested capital (and growing)
• EWB Ventures recognized as 2016 Impact Investor of the Year by MaRS Centre for Impact Investing

GEF is a global private equity firm investing in the energy, environmental, and natural resources sectors with ~$1bn in AUM

GEF's Africa Growth Fund invests in clean energy (generation, transmission and distribution, efficiency, natural gas, etc.) and resource efficiency (water, waste, efficient logistics, agri-processing, etc.) businesses in Africa.

Headed SSA VC efforts for Accion
• Sourced over 60 investment opportunities, conducted due diligence, modeled financials, prepared prescreens
and investment memoranda for internal team and investment committee review
• Established Accion and Venture Lab presence in East Africa, including setting up office in Nairobi, attending
conferences and developing contacts in East Africa region and, more broadly, throughout Sub-Saharan Africa

Open Capital Advisors is a financial intermediary focused on supporting high-growth SMEs and interested investors in East
Africa; OCA provides investment banking, strategic consulting, and portfolio management services

GFA was the analytical arm of the investment bank dedicated to developing solutions for complex strategic/financing issues

Oversaw execution of primary quantitative trading strategy for a ~$150MM long/short portfolio.

Quantitative investment banking analyst