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Finland's development finance institution (DFI) Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation (Finnfund) has named Robert Wihtol as its new chairman of the executive board. He takes...

CDC creates chief risk role, hires ex-GS specialist

People April 28, 2020

CDC has created a chief risk officer (CRO) role, appointing Jon Hughes into the position, who has previously headed Goldman Sachs’s operational risk unit. He...

AFC names new chair

People April 28, 2020

The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has appointed Kinglsey Obiora, deputy governor of economic policy at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as its new...

CI Capital names co-head

People April 24, 2020

CI Capital Holding has named Tarek Tantawy as group managing director and co-chief executive officer (CEO), to co-lead with Hazem Badran who has been...

Lion’s Head names new MD

People April 22, 2020

Lion’s Head Global Partners (LHGP) has appointed Orli Arav as managing director, hiring her from EMFin Advisory, a UK-based business services company she founded...

FDV names new CFO

People April 17, 2020

Frontier Digital Ventures (FDV) has named Eddie Lim as its new chief financial officer (CFO), hiring him from TAEL Partners, a Malaysia-based private equity...

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