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CrossBoundary’s team draws on a wide and deep range of experience across frontier markets, within both private and public sectors.

Adit Mehta

Adit has a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and International Relations from the University of Kent. He is an Indian who has lived and worked in India, the UK, and Singapore. Prior to joining CrossBoundary Energy, Adit worked with NextWave Partners, a renewable energy headhunting firm where he started their Europe and Africa practice. He also previously worked with the Smart Power India Initiative of ...

Adou Touré

Adou holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Master's in Finance & Strategy from Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, and a Bachelor's in Economics from Université Grenoble Alpes. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Adou was based in New York City, where he worked in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman. Before Goldman, Adou previously worked as an Associate at CrossBoundary, and as ...

Aishat Raji

Aishat holds a Master of Science in Finance from the London School of Economics, and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Warwick, UK and is a Certified Financial Analyst (CFA). Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Aishat was an Associate with Chapel Hill Denham; a leading independent investment bank in Africa – working on Debt and Equity Capital Market deals, Mergers & Acqui...

Albert Nganga

Albert holds a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies from William Paterson University. He has a deep appreciation of the multi-dimensional nature of the African continent. Albert’s career path across the banking and renewable energy sectors has been buoyed by his profound curiosity. He is inspired by Africa’s illustrious history, cultural prominence, and distinctive cosmopolitan cities. Prio...

Ali Djire

Ali holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Agriculture from Berea College and is a graduate of the African Leadership Academy in South Africa. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Ali was an investment professional at Adiwale Partners, where he worked on transactions across Francophone West Africa. Previously, Ali worked in private equity at Kupanda Capital and also at Fraym, a geos...

Annette Mumbi

Annette is a CFA Charterholder and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Financial Engineering from JKUAT. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Annette worked at Sanlam Investments East Africa, where she analyzed and built financial models for listed equity securities across Africa (excluding South Africa). Her role involved meeting management teams, policymakers, and regulators across the continent, a...

Arno Malherbe

Arno holds a Bachelor of Commerce Honors degree in Financial accounting from the North West University in South Africa and is a qualified Professional Accountant SA (SAIPA). Prior to joining CrossBoundary, he worked at MMS Group in the Accounting division. Arno specialized in accounting and tax for various types of businesses. Arno is a member of the finance team and is based in CrossBoundary’s ...

Badis Boujnah

Badis holds a master of science in Finance from Brandeis International Business School in Boston, and a Bachelor degree in business administration from IHEC Carthage in Tunis. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Badis worked as a strategy consultant for EY Tunis and as a Financial Analyst for Freyssinet Gulf in Dubai. He is fluent in English, French and Arabic. Badis is a member of the CrossBoundary i...

Benjamin Munyao

Benjamin has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Colorado College, where he was awarded the Kaye Prize as the Economics Department’s most outstanding student. Following his graduation from Colorado College, he was awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to study youth development in Ethiopia, Ghana, New Zealand and Australia. He is also a 2010 graduate of the Africa Leadership Academy. Benjamin i...

Bianca Boranda

Bianca holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Bryn Mawr College and is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM). Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Bianca worked in Amsterdam for SDG-targeted emerging markets private credit fund ILX incubated by Cardano Development. She also spent six years working in the United States and Singapore for Chatham Financial, a leading financ...

Blen Abebe

Blen holds an MBA and a Bachelor's in Business Economics from Marymount College. Blen is a finance and investment professional with 10+ years of experience managing investments in both the US and frontier markets, with a particular focus in East Africa & Ethiopia. Before joining CrossBoundary, Blen worked for McKinsey & Company in Ethiopia, where she advised public sector clients on invest...

Bobby Patel

Bobby graduated Magna Cum Laude from Austin College, where he majored in International Economics & Finance and minored in Chemistry. He was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa US national honour society. He is originally from Kenya and has also lived in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Prior to CrossBoundary, Bobby worked as an Investment Analyst for the International Finance C...

Bodunde Akinola

Bodunde Akinola is based in CrossBoundary’s Lagos office where he is a member of the investment advisory team. He holds a Master of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Nottingham. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Bodunde worked at Global Oceon, a growing indigenous EPCI company, providing upstream engineering services to oil and gas supermajors in Nigeria. Bodunde ...

Boris Adokou

Boris holds an MBA from Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Diplome d'Ingenieur from Arts & Metiers ParisTech. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Boris was based in London and part of the advisory team of Westwood Energy, a leading Oil & Gas research and business intelligence company, advisin...

Brice DaCosta

Brice holds an MBA from both Temple University and Ecole des Ponts and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bordeaux. He has 16+ years of experience in Power and Infrastructure. Brice is originally from Senegal but grew up in France and has lived and worked in Brazil, Japan, and Niger. Before joining CrossBoundary, Brice was based in Dakar, where he worked for Wärt...

Caroline Chen

Caroline graduated from the University of Southern California where she was a Presidential Scholar and was also a David L. Boren Scholar based at Tsinghua University. Caroline is fluent in Mandarin and proficient in French. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Caroline was a member of PJT Partners’ Secondary Advisory team in New York and Cambridge Associates’ Investment Advisory team in San Francis...

Charles Eberly

Charles has a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University and an MBA from the Columbia Business School. He is a former Marine Corps infantry officer and combat veteran. Prior to joining the CrossBoundary Group, Charles was based in Hong Kong, where he worked in the alternative investment industry covering the Asia Pacific region. He has also worked as a graduate consultant for Bloombe...

Charles Errera

Charles holds a Master Grande Ecole from HEC Paris and a Master in Public Policy from Georgetown University. He completed his undergraduate degree in European Studies at King’s College London. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Charles conducted economic research at the World Bank on disaster risk management, supporting African countries to assess exposure to hazards. He was also a teaching assista...

Chirayu Rana

Chirayu Rana is a member of CrossBoundary’s investment advisory team, based in our Washington D.C. office. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Chirayu was an Associate at The Carlyle Group in New York, where he worked across Carlyle’s Global Credit segment primarily on direct lending private credit origination, capital markets, M&A and corporate strategy initiatives, new product development, j...

Chris Hallier

Chris is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA) and holds a Bachelor’s in Accounting from the University of Stellenbosch and a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting from the University of Cape Town. Before joining CrossBoundary, he worked at Deloitte as part of the Financial Institutions Team. He also served as an investment analyst within the financial services industry at Lombard Insurance. Chris...

Cynthia Wangari

Cynthia graduated as summa cum laude from Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya, with a BBS in Financial Economics and is currently pursuing her CPA. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, she worked as a Research Analyst at Dyer and Blair Investment Bank. Cynthia analyzed equities listed on the Nairobi bourse and provided recommendations to various institutional and retail clients, mainly those in uti...

David Ndungu

David is a Certified Public Accountant with a Bachelor’s in Commerce from Strathmore University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, David worked as a Senior Associate at InVhestia Africa, where he worked on assignments across sectors including power and infrastructure, real estate, manufacturing, mining, and extractives. David is FAST level 1 certified and a CFA Level II Candidate. David is a membe...

Diana Njuguna

Diana is a 2010 Rhodes Scholar and holds an MBA and an MSc in African Studies from the University of Oxford and an MSc in Accountancy & Finance from Birmingham City University. She is a qualified CFA® and a Chartered Accountant (ACCA). Diana has over a decade of experience in private equity, mezzanine debt, and asset management. Before joining CrossBoundary, Diana spent 7.5 years with Vantage...

Efe Braimah

Efe has a first-class Master in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Imperial College London. She is a native of Nigeria, and has also lived in China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Tanzania. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Efe worked for The Boston Consulting Group (“BCG”), where she supported the BCG Energy practice in upstream transformation for oil and gas supermajors as ...

Emily Leclezio

Emily is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting both from the University of Cape Town. Emily started her professional career at EY in Johannesburg, where she completed her accounting articles in the Banking and Capital Markets division. Emily went on to work in New York for Crosscountry, a consulting firm, where she ...

Erika Lovin

Erika has an MBA from The Wharton School and a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School. She completed her undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics at Harvard College. Prior to CrossBoundary, Erika worked at the Gates Foundation, assisting the Nutrition team in redefining its strategy. She began her career as a consultant in Accenture’s Management Consulting Division...

Fanta Conde

Fanta has an MBA from The Wharton School. She completed her undergraduate degree in Finance with a minor in Spanish at the City University of New York, Baruch College. Prior to CrossBoundary, Fanta worked at BlackRock in New York, focusing on the company’s proprietary investment management technology platform called Aladdin. She contributed to the business expansion of Aladdin to service provide...

Frashia Muchiri

Frashia has a Finance Degree from the Kenya College of Accountancy University and a Diploma in Business Management from the Kenya Institute of Management. Prior to joining CrosssBoundary, Frashia was an Administration Officer at Saurus Networks Ltd., a leading firm in systems integration based in Kenya, where she successfully assisted in the setting up of human resource and administration policies...

Frederik Benzel

Frederik has a Master in Business Management and a Bachelor’s both from the University of Münster, and completed an Erasmus scholarship year at Strathclyde University, Glasgow. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Frederik spent seven years in Rothschild’s Global Financial Advisory business in Johannesburg where he provided M&A, strategic and stakeholder advice to multinationals, private equit...

Fredrick Toohey

Fredrick is a member of CrossBoundary’s investment advisory team, based in Erbil, Iraq. He holds an MA in international economics from Johns Hopkins SAIS and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Fredrick worked with Mercy Corps Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in impactful early-stage businesses in frontier markets. He also worked with C...

Gabriel Davies

Gabriel has a Master of Arts in Physics & Philosophy from the University of Oxford. Prior to CrossBoundary, Gabriel worked as an Associate at Augusta & Co., a London-based investment firm focused on renewable energy, where he was part of the investment banking team. At Augusta & Co., Gabriel advised developers, utilities, and institutional investors on placing capital into over 2GW of ...

Gathoni Mwangi

Gathoni holds a Bachelor’s in Commerce from McMaster University, Canada, with a specialization in Human Resources and is a Certified Human Resource Business Professional from the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRIC), a U.S. based credentialing organization. She has eight years of experience working across recruiting, diversity and inclusion, project management, and administration. Prior...

George Managoba

George graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Business Analytics. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, George was an Investment Banking Analyst at Rabobank in New York, where he focused on Food, Beverages, and Agriculture sectors. He has also worked as a summer analyst at BlackRock, rotating between the Capital Markets and Bu...

Georges Batoussi

Georges has a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Georges was an Investment Banking Analyst at J.P. Morgan in New York, where he covered the Real Estate, Gaming, and Lodging sectors. He has also worked as an equity research summer analyst at BlackRock and has had various work experiences across Ghana, Zambia, and Ken...

Georgina Wanyaga

Georgina holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Colorado College. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, she worked as a Project Associate at Busara Center, a behavioral science research firm in Nairobi. At Busara, she designed and implemented behavioral interventions across a diverse portfolio of projects including health, governance and financial inclusion in Kenya, India and Uganda. Previously, sh...

Hamara Abate

Hamara Abate holds a Bachelor of Arts in Global Affairs from Yale University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Ms. Abate was with McKinsey & Company in the Addis Ababa office, as part of the Africa Delivery Hub, where she worked alongside government institutions to develop strategies and support with implementation. She also worked at IDinsight, conducting impact evaluations and advisory servic...

Hamid Mohammad

Hamid holds a master's degree in Financial Economic Policy from American University in Washington, DC. Prior to CrossBoundary, Hamid worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers' international tax practice based in Washington, DC, where he advised multinationals on transfer pricing and cross-border intercompany transactions. Before PwC, Hamid was a finance analyst at FHI360 where he supported civil society st...

Hendrik Pelser

Hendrik has a Bachelor of Science Financial & Actuarial Degree from the University of Pretoria and has taken the Level III CFA exam. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Hendrik worked as a Senior Associate at a boutique transactional advisory firm, where he provided clients with business and project valuations, project finance fundraising and bankable financial models. Hendrik was also employed at...

Humphrey Wireko

Humphrey has an MBA from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The Ohio State University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Humphrey worked previously at The Boston Consulting Group in Johannesburg where he focused on advising senior leaders in a variety of sectors across Africa ranging from mining to insurance. He has also worked at the Public Utilities Commission o...

Igor Pavlov

Igor holds a MSc in Corporate Finance from Cass Business School (London) and a BSc in Business Administration from AESM (Chisinau). Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Igor spent two years at Jefferies in London, where he advised clients ranging from fast-growing biotech companies to large pharma corporations on their M&A and financing strategies. Igor’s other work experience was at DealGlobe in...

Imam Akinlade

Imam holds a first-class Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, he worked as a Consultant at McKinsey & Company in Lagos, where he advised private and public sector clients across different industries, including manufacturing, oil & gas, financial services, and consumer goods. Imam has experience working...

Isabelle Carpenter

Isabelle graduated from Stanford University, where she studied International Relations, Arabic, and Comparative Literature. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, she was a member of the Cohen Group’s Middle East team in Washington, D.C. Previously, Isabelle worked in the Boston Consulting Group’s Dubai office, where she focused on education and social impact sectors in the Gulf. Isabelle is a member...

Jad Mneymneh

Jad Mneymneh leads CrossBoundary’s investment advisory team based out of the Dubai office. Prior to CrossBoundary, Mr. Mneymneh co-founded Cornerstone Global and successfully led the scale-up of several foreign startups into the MENA region. Mr. Mneymneh also served as Advisor and Senior Director at the Albright Stonebridge Group where he spearheaded the growth of the company’s MENA practice a...

Jake Cusack

Jake has a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He is also a graduate of the University of Notre Dame’s Honours Program. Prior to co-founding The CrossBoundary Group, he served as a Marine Corps Officer, receiving the Bronze Star for actions in Iraq. He also worked at Abraaj Capital. Jake has written for The New Republic, The New Yo...

James Shoetan

James has an MBA from Wharton Business School and a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from Duke University. He is an American-Nigerian, who has worked in Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, the United States and the Middle East. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, James worked at The Boston Consulting Group based out of Johannesburg and previously worked at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations ac...

Jamie Joseph

Jamie holds a Master’s in Accounting from Keller University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Jamie worked as the Accounting Manager for Precise Systems and IMPAQ International. Jamie specialized in government contracting, where she oversaw the day to day functions of the accounting department, worked on system implementations, and merged and reconciled new data from acquisitions. Jamie is based ...

Jamie McInerney

Jamie leads CrossBoundary’s investment advisory team based out of the Washington, DC office. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, he worked for FTI Consulting where he led client engagements specializing in foreign market entry strategies, principally in frontier and emerging markets. Jamie developed successful strategies that ensured enterprise value creation while also achieving key local market im...

Jessica Hao

Jessica leads CrossBoundary's investment advisory team in Lebanon. She completed her undergraduate degree in Classics at the University of Oxford. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Jessica worked in the London office of Bain & Company, where she advised clients in commercial due diligence, strategy, and operational improvement. This spanned a range of sectors, including private equity, payments,...

Jonathan Duarte

Jonathan holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS from the Georgia Institute of Technology leads. He has operating experience as CFO of Ofi, a regional venture-backed scale-up, and CEO of ESCALA, a Fintech helping households save for higher education. Prior to that, Jonathan worked as a Senior Associate at Elevar Equity, investing in impact companies in Latin America and as a Consultant ...

Jorge Rodriguez-D’Alleman

Jorge holds an MBA from Duke University and a BS in Industrial Engineering from La Universidad de Los Andes. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Jorge was the Finance and Strategy Director at Ingenierías Aliadas, an energy infrastructure developer dedicated to small hydro and energy distribution projects, where he led the operation, project financing, and M&A advisory of projects worth $70 millio...

Junius Williams

Junius graduated cum laude from Harvard University with an A.B. in African studies and a minor in Arabic. Prior to CrossBoundary, Junius was a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company, where he advised North American electric utilities and energy producers on growth strategy, organizational health, and sustainability topics. He has lived in Jordan, where he pursued advanced Arabic language studi...

Justin Wanyeki

Justin Wanyeki is based in CrossBoundary’s Nairobi office and is a member of the investment advisory team. Prior to joining the CrossBoundary, Mr. Wanyeki worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in both the New York and London offices focusing on transaction advisory for consumer, retail and healthcare companies. Mr. Wanyeki graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree from the Univers...

Kate Wharton

Kate Wharton leads CrossBoundary’s investment advisory team in Iraq. Ms. Wharton holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and International Affairs and a minor in Spanish from Georgia Tech. Prior to CrossBoundary, Ms. Wharton was based in Turkey as Chief Operating Officer of Hala Systems, a humanitarian techn...

Kathleen Jean-Pierre

At CrossBoundary, Kathleen is the Vision and Delivery Lead for CrossBoundary Energy, where she contributes strategic insights and manages the solar developer’s pan-African operations. Kathleen is based in CrossBoundary’s Nairobi office. Kathleen graduated from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs, where her research focused on policies promoting ...

Kelley Gasper

Kelley Gasper leads CrossBoundary’s advisory activities in Southeast Asia, and has prior experience throughout Africa with the firm’s Bamako and Johannesburg teams. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Kelley held an investment banking role on the New York leveraged finance desk of J.P. Morgan, where he also held a business development and strategy role focused on small business lending. Kelley is ...

Kirtika Challa

Kirtika Challa lead’s CrossBoundary’s investment advisory team in Tunisia. She holds an MBA from the Wharton Business School and a BA in Economics and Engineering Studies from Lafayette College. Prior to CrossBoundary, Ms. Challa worked at Morgan Stanley as a Trader and in Corporate Finance. During her MBA, she was a summer associate in two different parts of the World Bank, the Energy at Extr...

Kristine Muriuki

Kristine Muriuki is based in CrossBoundary’s Nairobi office and is a member of the firm’s administration team. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Ms. Muriuki was a Business Manager at Climate Fund Managers, a leading boutique investment firm, where she established operations for their regional Africa office. She also worked as an Executive Assistant at responsAbility, an asset management firm foc...

Lenny Matei

Lenny has an Honours degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Nairobi. Before joining CrossBoundary, he worked as a Project Engineer at Solarcentury, a leading solar EPC company. At Solarcentury, Lenny helped set up the East Africa regional engineering department and served as the lead engineer for the Nairobi office. He was responsible for offering pre-sales support ...

Lesego Kenned

Lesego has a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Accounting from the University of South Africa and attended the Leading Women Programme at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), which focuses on organisational leadership. Prior to joining CrosssBoundary, Lesego worked at First National Bank in the Private Wealth Division where she held several positions including Management Accountant in ...

Lesley Reddy

Lesley Reddy is a member of the CrossBoundary Advisory team based in Johannesburg. She is a CFA Charterholder and holds a Bachelor of Business Science degree from the University of Cape Town. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Ms. Reddy was a Relationship Manager within HSBC’s Global Banking division in Johannesburg where she was responsible for managing the delivery of HSBC’s full investment and...

Loda Dedekind

Loda holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) from the University of Pretoria in South Africa. She has over fifteen years’ experience in engineering and management in the power generation, energy, and oil and gas industries and has worked on projects across the African continent over her career. Before joining CrossBoundary, Loda was leading a power generation engineering consulting team speci...

Loujeine Boutar

Loujeine holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Loujeine worked at PwC in San Francisco, where she primarily advised software companies on operations, corporate innovation, and analytics. She also interned at startups and nascent projects in Singapore, Philadelphia, and Tunis. Loujeine is Tunisian and is fluent in Arabic and French. She is...

Marcos Sampablo

Marcos has an MBA from INSEAD and a Master of International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where he studied as a Fulbright Scholar. Marcos graduated with a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Marcos is originally from Spain. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Marcos worked for several organizatio...

Mariam Sow

Mariam has an MBA and a Human Resource Management Degree. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Mariam was the Human Resources Manager at G4S (formerly Group 4 Securicor) Mali, a provider of security products, services and solutions. She also worked at the Ghanaian Embassy in Mali as a bilingual secretary. Mariam is a member of The CrossBoundary Group’s finance team and is based in CrossBoundary’s ...

Marilia dos Reis Martins

Marilia is an Economist with an MPhil in International Development from the University of Cambridge and an MRes in Development Management from the LSE. Prior to joining CrossBoundary in London, Marilia spent three years at Lion’s Head Global Partners, where she advised clients ranging from governments and DFIs to foundations and corporates on innovative investment structures, results-based finan...

Mark Zubov

Mark Zubov is based in CrossBoundary’s Dubai office and is a member of the investment advisory team. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Mark was an associate at IFG Capital, a Luxembourg-based investment firm, where he focused on sourcing, developing and analyzing investment opportunities in the metals & mining, construction, cleantech, financial services, technology and other sectors in Cen...

Marlynie Moodley

Marlynie has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and Industrial Psychology from the University of South Africa. She is a brand, communications, and reputation risk professional with over twenty years of experience working at the intersection of business, government, NGOs, and academia. At CrossBoundary, Marlynie is responsible for global communications, branding, and reputation risk advis...

Martha Nabukeera

Martha has a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Bucknell University, where she was Portfolio Manager and Energy Sector Lead for the Student Managed Investment Fund. She was also awarded the Bucknell Public Internship Program Award to facilitate her work in promoting the rights of vulnerable and marginalized workers in her hometown, Kampala, the capital of Uganda. Martha is a New York licensed CPA...

Matt Martel

Matt holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated with honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he was awarded a Marshall Scholarship. Prior to CrossBoundary, Matt managed new market expansion for Zipline, an autonomous drone start-up delivering medical supplies to hard to reach clinics in emerging markets. Matt also spent several years at Bain & Company i...

Matt Tilleard

Matt holds a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School and an MBA from Stanford University where he studied as a Fulbright Scholar. He is originally from Australia and holds Bachelors of Laws and a Bachelors of Science from the University of Melbourne. Prior to co-founding The CrossBoundary Group, Matt led the design of financing facilities in Afghanistan and Sierra Leone, he...

Matthew Fredericks

Matt has over 18 years of experience in the energy space focusing specifically on the mining sector. Previously, Matt lead teams for Barloworld Equipment’s national accounts division, a Sub-Saharan Caterpillar Dealer, for the mining sector. During his career, Matt notably grew Aggreko’s newly formed global mining sector from a 2% to 17% global revenue stream within four years. He continued to ...

Maureen Kinuthia

Maureen Kinuthia is an Environmental Health and Safety Manager based in CrossBoundary’s Nairobi office. Prior to CrossBoundary, Ms. Kinuthia served as a Safety Health and Environment Quality (SHEQ) Officer at Sagemcom Kenya Limited, where she specialized in coordinating safety and environment regulatory compliance and enforcement. Ms. Kinuthia developed the company’s Environmental and Social M...

Megan Osborn

Megan holds both a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Megan practiced as a Senior Associate at Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa Inc., where she focused on the construction, engineering, and energy sectors. Megan has experience providing front-end and back-end advice to domestic...

Michael Weidman

Michael leads CrossBoundary’s Data Analytics team and is based out of the London office. He holds a Master of Advanced Study degree from the University of Cambridge (Part III Maths) and an A.B. degree in Physics from Harvard University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Michael led projects and teams for BCG GAMMA, the Boston Consulting Group’s data science arm. He specialized in numerical optim...

Michelle Patrick-Akinrinade

Michelle holds an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School and a BBA in Finance and Investments from Baruch College, City University of New York. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Michelle worked at Chapel Hill Denham, an independent Nigerian investment banking firm. Michelle has extensive experience in corporate finance, investments, and strategy and has executed transactions across various industrie...

Miguel Rivera Arcelus

Miguel is based in CrossBoundary’s Nairobi office, and he is a member of the data analytics and investment advisory team. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Miguel was a senior associate at EY-Parthenon, where he supported several private equity funds and international investors to optimize their portfolio of business and uncover industry insights to make investment decisions. During his tenure, Mi...

Mohamedali Habib

Mohamedali holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Accounting with First Class Honors from Oxford Brookes University. He is also a CFA charterholder and an ACCA chartered accountant. Mohamedali started his career at PwC as an audit associate. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, he worked as an investment associate at AgDevCo for 3.5 years, where he co-managed a portfolio of 11 investments with a capita...

Mohammed Mohammed

Mohammed holds a Bachelor’s degree from the American University of Iraq Sulaimani with a major in Business and minors in Economics and Law. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Mohammed worked as a Financial Analyst at Byblos Bank Iraq. He also worked as a research assistant at IRIS, where he worked on economic and political research. Mohammed is a CFA Level I candidate and speaks fluent Arabic and E...

Najib Rahmani

Najib Rahmani is based in CrossBoundary’s London Office where he is a member of the investment advisory team. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, he was an oil and gas consultant in London where he mainly advised clients on multi-billion dollar infrastructure transactions across Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. As a consultant, he also advised on various strategic issues across the energy a...

Nikita Sergeev

Nikita holds a Master of Arts in Business and Financial Economics from Kyiv School of Economics and has a Masters of Arts in Applied Economics from the University of Houston. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Nikita worked as an Investment Associate at Horizon Capital, a leading private equity firm in Europe focused on Ukraine, Moldova, and the surrounding region. While at Horizon Capital, he evalua...

Nneka Chime

Nneka has a first-class Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Nneka was part of the founding team of an impact investment fund focused on Sub-Saharan Africa’s Healthcare sector. Nneka also worked at McKinsey and Company and Shell where she led the energy efficiency team in a large re...

Noreen Zobel

Noreen Zobel leads CrossBoundary’s People team and is based out of Nairobi. Prior to joining us, Ms. Zobel was based in Rwanda as the Head of People for One Acre Fund, a social enterprise working with smallholder farmers. Over the course of her career, Ms. Zobel has overseen Human Resources, Training & Development, Operations, and Infrastructure teams, managing upwards of 150+ full-time staf...

Olowo Animu

Olowo holds a Master’s Degree in Advanced Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London and a Bachelors Degree from Middle East Technical University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, he worked as a management consultant for about four years, advising various organizations on strategy and projects. Over the past two years, Olowo focused on building early-stage ventures and developing market entr...

Ousmane Sacko

Ousmane is a member of the investment advisory team and is based in CrossBoundary’s Dakar office. He holds a Master Grande Ecole from EDHEC Business School and the University of Mannheim. He previously interned with CrossBoundary’s Mali investment advisory team and worked as a Junior Consultant for the World Bank’s Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation team providing investment solutions ...

Paul Ouma

Paul has a Bachelor’s in Finance with a minor in Accounting from DePaul University in Chicago. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Paul worked with a sub-Saharan Africa focused private equity firm. He has also worked for the International Finance Corporation executing debt and equity transactions across Sub-Saharan Africa in the manufacturing and services sectors. Paul began his career in the Chica...

Paul Sukkar

Paul is part of the investment advisory team and is based in Beirut, Lebanon. Paul holds a Master in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Bachelor of Economics from the Lebanese American University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Paul was an associate at Levantine Partners, a Beirut based boutique financial advisory firm, where he sourced, analyzed, and executed a variety deal...

Paula Chappel

Paula graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. in Economics and a minor in Educational Studies. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Paula was a junior associate at a Boston-based consulting firm specializing in Mergers & Acquisitions due diligence. Before that, Paula spent a summer researching the World Bank’s Insolvency and Debt Restructuring team and was also a summer analyst at a privat...

Phuthi Tsatsi

Phuthi graduated top of his class at the University of Cape Town, where he received a BSc in Electrical Engineering, majoring in power systems. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Phuthi was a Senior Associate in the Boston Consulting Group. While in Johannesburg, Phuthi was a core member of BCG’s Energy practice, which he mainly focused on digital and strategy projects across the African continent....

Pieter Joubert

Pieter has a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accounting & Finance and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from Bond University in Australia, where he studied as a Vice-Chancellor’s Scholar. He is originally from South Africa and has also lived in Zimbabwe and Australia. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Pieter worked in J.P. Morgan’s Investment Banking Group in Sydney, where he was responsible for me...

Pooja Yadav

Pooja has an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Emory University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Pooja worked as a consultant for Accenture Strategy in New York City where she advised clients across the life sciences, financial services, and retail industries. She has lived in Argentina and previously w...

Princess Adaeze Ebi

Princess has a first-class Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy from King’s College London. Prior to joining Cross Boundary, Princess worked for Sahel Capital Agribusiness Managers on the Investment Team, where she focused on driving value and investments in food and agriculture companies across Nigeria. Before that, she worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Investec Bank in London. At Cro...

Rajen Ranchhoojee

Rajen spent over 16 years practising in tier 1 international law firms, where he specialized in cross-border energy and infrastructure projects as well as multi-jurisdictional corporate transactions. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Rajen was special legal counsel and South African lead for the global law firm Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. He was also the senior Energy partner and Head of ...

Rezvan Ahmed

Rezvan holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School and a Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Canada. Rezvan is also a licensed Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario, Canada. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Rezvan was an electrical engineer at Arup, a global design consultancy, in Toronto. While at...

Richard Stanford

Richard has an Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He has over 10 years’ experience in African renewable energy and has worked on projects in South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda and Chad. Before joining CrossBoundary, he was the Uganda Country Manager for Cambridge Clean Energy responsible for development, implementation and operation...

Robert Mutune

Robert holds a Diploma in Marketing from Universal College in Nairobi. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Robert founded and ran Bertis Tours & Travel, a provider of business and tourism travel services across Kenya. Prior to that, Robert was the Head of Logistics for Jatco Tours & Taxis, one of Kenya’s leading taxi and tour companies. Robert is a member of The CrossBoundary Group’s finan...

Sally Gichia

Sally holds an honors degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Nairobi. Sally has over 5MW of experience in installation, commissioning, operations, and maintenance of PV projects in Kenya and Africa. Before joining CrossBoundary, Sally worked for Solarcentury, where she oversaw the operations and maintenance of PV plants across Africa. Sally has also commissioned commercial and ind...

Sara Siddiqi

Sara holds a B.S. Business Administration & Marketing from San Francisco State University and brings 10+ years of C-suite executive support experience across various industries. Sara began her career in the healthcare industry, where she supported the Board of Directors and management at the Stoneridge Creek Community. Subsequently, she worked as an Executive Assistant for Target Corporation a...

Sara Yaacoub

Sara holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from the American University of Beirut. She began her career in Dubai, where she worked for Standard Chartered Bank as an Assistant Relationship Manager under the Financial Institutions Unit. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Sara worked as a Senior Credit Analyst at Al-Mawarid Bank, handling a portfolio of 50+ SMEs and Corporates, and then later at IM Cap...

Sebastian Deschler

Prior to joining The CrossBoundary Group, Sebastian was the General Counsel of TerraForm Power, where he was a member of the senior team that grew the company from concept to the publicly traded owner and operator of up to 3,000 MW of renewable energy power plants. Before that, Sebastian played a leading role in the international expansion of SunEdison, at the time a global pioneer in the developm...

Shohei Nanji

Shohei is a member of the investment advisory team and is based in the Washington DC office. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Shohei worked at Lazard Asset Management in New York City as part of an international equity hedge fund strategy. He also worked in Nairobi at a venture capital impact investment firm, Novastar Ventures. Shohei graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’...

Simisola Abere

Simi Abere is based in CrossBoundary’s Lagos office and is a member of the firm’s advisory team. Ms. Abere holds a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD Business School and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Accounting and Financial Management from Loughborough University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Ms Abere worked as a consultant for Boston Consulting Group in t...

Souleiman Magumba

Souleiman has an Electrical & Electronic Engineering Degree from Moi University in Kenya. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Souleiman worked as a Project Advisor for The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (“GIZ”) - ProSolar Program in Kenya; where he was responsible for technical viability assessments, implementation and the delivery of solar hybrid mini-grids solu...

Stephen Murray

Stephen has an MBA from Georgetown University and bachelor’s degree in International Business from Villanova University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Stephen was a Managing Director at Aldwych Capital Partners in New York, NY overseeing the Africa and Middle East investment advisory business. Stephen also ran his own consulting practice providing business strategy for early stage companies an...

Tala Bassil

Tala Bassil is a member of CrossBoundary’s Clean Power Advisory team in London. Tala holds a master’s degree from the University of Cambridge in Development Studies and a bachelor’s degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Ms.Bassil worked at IHS Markit, within their Power and Energy Technology team. Her research at IHS Markit focused on the...

Teddy Onserio

Teddy holds a MicroMasters in Data, Economics, and Development Policy from MIT and Bachelor’s in Economics from Williams College. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Teddy was an investment professional at the Soros Economic Development Fund, the Impact Investing arm of the Open Society Foundations. He worked on strategy design and implementation on investing in Agribusinesses in Sub-Saharan Africa ...

Tessa Dignam

Tessa holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts majoring in languages and international relations from Bond University. Prior to CrossBoundary, Tessa worked at DLA Piper Africa in Kenya in a specialized Projects & Energy team. With DLA Piper Africa, Tessa advised developers and institutional investors on the development of energy assets throughout Kenya and the wider East African region,...

Timoni Akindolie

After graduating from Wellesley College with a degree in Economics, Timoni started her career in commercial diplomacy within the Africa Practice of the Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington DC. Thereafter, she joined the Abraaj Group where she supported the full spectrum of the firm’s investment activities across West Africa before joining Nithio, an off-grid financing platform, as th...

Tom Flahive

Tom has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelors from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the CrossBoundary Group, Tom worked at Abraaj Capital, the Mongolia International Capital Corporation, Lazard Alternative Investments and Jones Lang LaSalle in New York. He is based in CrossBoundary’s New York office....

Tombo Banda

Tombo holds a MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development from the University of Cambridge and a MEng in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London. She is a chartered engineer registered with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers UK. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, she worked as a Consultant in McKinsey & Company’s Addis Ababa office, where she advised clients in the public ...

Tunuka Gray

Tunuka has an MBA from INSEAD and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania. Tunuka is American and German and was born in Nairobi. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, she worked in the Chicago office of The Boston Consulting Group where she advised senior leaders across various sectors including technology and healthcare on strategy and operations. Tunuka also served as a Boston Consulti...

Ugo Nwankwo

Ugo has a Bachelor of Science in Statistics and Economics from the University of Nigeria, and Masters degrees in Economics and Business Analytics and Consulting from the University of Warwick. Before joining CrossBoundary Energy, Ugo worked within the fast-moving consumer goods industry with Heineken and Cadbury, as well as with General Electric. Ugo has specialized in distributed power (thermal a...

Wanjiru Ngige

Wanjiru holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in French from New York University, where she was subsequently awarded a scholarship for a Master of Arts in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics. Wanjiru is also a graduate of the African Leadership Academy in South Africa. Before joining CrossBoundary, Wanjiru worked as a transfer pricing senior associate at Pricewaterhouse Coopers’...

Yemi Gafaar

Yemi holds an MSc in Business Management from London Business School and an MEng in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, he worked for three years at McKinsey & Company’s Lagos office as a Consultant, where he advised clients across different sectors, including energy & power, oil & gas, financial services, telecommunications, agriculture...