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Ex- LGT Impact partner for Africa and head of impact Geetha Tharmaratnam has launched Aequalitas Capital Partners, a UK-based advisory firm. Aequalitas has been set...

Knife hires from PE-backed company

People March 23, 2020

Knife Capital has brought in Martin Cloete as legal counsel, bringing him from Zoona, a private equity-backed financial services technology company based in Zambia. Zoona...

BlueOrchard names new CEO

People March 20, 2020

Switzerland-based investor BlueOrchard Finance has named Philipp Müller as its new chief executive officer (CEO). He takes over Patrick Scheurle, who has been in the...

Investec’s du Toit steps down from co-CEO role

People March 17, 2020

Investec Group's co-chief executive officer (CEO) Hendrik du Toit has stepped down from the role to take on the helm at Ninety One, the...

GreenTec adds to team

People March 13, 2020

GreenTec Capital Partners has again bolstered its Francophone Africa portfolio management team with the hire of Didier Lescourant as company builder. Prior to GreenTec, Lescourant...

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