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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.

Aditi Mehta

Aditi Mehta is a member of CrossBoundary's power and infrastructure advisory team and is based in the Mumbai office. Aditi holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from University College London (UCL), United Kingdom. Prior to CrossBoundary, Aditi served as Program Analyst at Smart Power India, The Rockefeller Foundation, where she led performance monitoring and analysis of a portfolio of d...

Aditya Garg

Aditya Garg is a member of CrossBoundary’s investment advisory team based in the Mumbai office. Aditya holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Indore, and a Bachelor’s degree in Management Studies from the University of Delhi. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Aditya was working as an Associate at a power and infrastructure advisory firm in New Delhi. He has covered multiple adviso...

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 ...

Aigbodesi Akede

Desi holds a Bachelor’s in public administration from Babcock University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, she worked as an Administrator at Co-creation Hub Limited, an innovation center dedicated to accelerating the application of social capital and technology for economic prosperity. While there, Desi supported administration and programs. During her tenure, she provided active support on vario...

Aishat Raji

Aishat is a member of the investment advisory team and is based in the CrossBoundary Lagos office. 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...

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...

Alina Belousko

Alina holds a Master of Science in Finance from Imperial College London, a Bachelor of Business Administration from Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, and a Bachelor of Economics from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Alina served as the Head of Corporate Development at a leading retail/e-commerce company in the CIS region, where she was responsible fo...

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...

Antonin Biaba

Antonin holds a Master Grande Ecole from EM Lyon Business School and a Master in Markets Law & Regulation from Paris Dauphine University. Antonin completed his undergraduate degree in Public Law at Paris 2 Pantheon Assas University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Antonin worked for Suez International on the Treatment Infrastructure team, where he focused on identifying opportunities and risks...

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 ...

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 is a member of CrossBoundary's investment advisory team and is based in Dakar, Senegal. 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 o...

Camila Ochoa

Camila holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Colegio de Estudios Superiores (CESA) in Colombia. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Camila was an Investment Banking Analyst at Lazard, covering M&A transactions in Colombia and Latin America. Previously, she worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Credicorp Capital and at BTG Pactual in their asset management division. Camila ...

Charles Sweetland

Charles Sweetland holds a MSc in Advanced Mathematics and BSc in Mathematics from the University of Exeter. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Charles founded a Data Science Consultancy in the Southwest of England, developing software for various industries, including Medicine, Transport, Manufacturing, and Marketing. Charles is a member of the data analytics team and is based in the CrossBoundary Na...

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...

Chris Lyle

Chris holds a Master in Public Policy and a Bachelor’s degree in Arabic, both from the University of Oxford. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Chris worked across Morgan Stanley’s investment banking and capital markets divisions for several years in London, focused primarily on the technology, infrastructure, and financial sectors. He then relocated to Jordan, where he helped to lead Turquoise M...

Christy Sisko

Christy Sisko is the Deputy Head of Corporate Development at CrossBoundary. She is based in CrossBoundary's Washington D.C. office. Christy has more than 11 years of experience working in international development and corporate strategy, focusing on economic growth and investment programs and proposals in emerging economies throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and Eurasia, and Afghanis...

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...

Dade Adio-Moses

Dade is a Senior Business Development Manager for CrossBoundary Energy and is based in the Lagos office. Dade has over 10 years of experience in strategy consulting, enterprise resource planning (ERP), energy infrastructure development, and client management. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Dade led client engagement for Amaya Capital, lead sponsor of the 461MW Azura-Edo IPP, Nigeria’s first lar...

David Ndungu

David is a member of the investment advisory team and is based in CrossBoundary’s Dakar office. 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, minin...

Debrah Kiwara

Debrah Kiwara is the People Operations Manager serving with CrossBoundary Group's People team. She is based in CrossBoundary’s Nairobi Office. Debrah holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Information Technology from Africa Nazarene University and a postgraduate diploma in Human Resources from the College of Human Resource Management. She is currently pursuing a Master’s in Counselling Psycho...

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 ...

Emma Al-Baqir

Emma Al-Baqir is a member of the investment advisory team and is based in the CrossBoundary Iraq office. She holds a Master of Science in Engineering (Distinction) and a Bachelor in Geophysics (1st Class, Watts Medal winner) from Imperial College London. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Emma served as a consultant for McKinsey & Company; advising the energy industry on strategy, decarbonization...

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...

Faisal Olanipekun

Faisal holds a B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Ibadan and an Advanced Diploma in Business from Oxford Brookes University through his studies with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Prior to joining CrossBoundary, he worked as a Business Performance Analyst for one of Africa's largest integrated energy, power and infrastructure companies - Sahara Group....

Fanta Conde

Fanta is part of CrossBoundary's West Africa Investment Advisory team. She has an MBA from The Wharton School and 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...

Femi Adesanya

Femi Adesanya holds an MBA from IESE Business School, a Master’s in Energy and Environmental Engineering from the University of Sheffield, and a Bachelor’s in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Lagos. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Femi worked as a Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Before BCG, Femi previously worked as an Associate at Emergy, and as a Lead Adviser on ...

Flora Oloo

Flora Oloo is the ESG Manager at CrossBoundary Energy Access. She is based in CrossBoundary’s Nairobi Office. Before joining CrossBoundary Energy Access, Flora worked as a Sustainability Specialist in emerging markets and across public and private sectors with ESS as well as with Centum Investments PLC. Flora has specialised in supporting companies and investors with developing sustainability an...

Francesca Merlo

Francesca is a member of the CrossBoundary Energy Team, based in the Mauritius office. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Western Australia in Finance and Management and a Master’s of Science from Cass Business School, London in Real Estate Finance. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Francesca was the Operations and Compliance manager at Sanlam Private Wealth Mauritius where she...

Francois de Jager

Francois holds a Master of Electrical Engineering degree from the North-West University in South Africa. He has experience in power system engineering, having been involved with energy projects ranging from mining industrial to utility applications across the African continent. Before joining CrossBoundary, Francois worked for an international engineering consulting firm, where he was involved in ...

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 is Managing Director and Head of Energy Access for the CrossBoundary Group. 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 rene...

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 is a member of CrossBoundary’s investment advisory team, based in the Washington D.C. office. He 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 rese...

Georgina Wanyaga

Georgina Wanyaga is a Senior Business Development Manager for CrossBoundary Energy based out of the Nairobi office. 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 p...

Habib El Magrissy

Habib holds an MBA from the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School and a Bachelor of Science in International Business from Northeastern University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Habib was a Senior Investment Associate at the Soros Economic Development Fund, the impact investing arm of the Open Society Foundations, where he worked on debt, equity, and mezzanine investments in sub-Saharan...

Harun Ngandu

Harun is a member of administration and logistics team based in CrossBoundary's Nairobi office. He brings on board more than ten years of experience in logistics. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, he worked as a senior driver at Happy Safaris, where he was responsible for general vehicle maintenance and chauffeuring guests across the country. He also worked with sQuid Kenya under a UK project called...

Hendrik Pelser

Hendrik is a member of CrossBoundary's investment advisory team and is based in the Johannesburg office. 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 pr...

Henry Carr

Henry Carr is a Senior Policy Manager at CrossBoundary Energy, based in the Nairobi office. Henry has a BA Hons from the University of Exeter in Politics, and a Graduate Diploma in Law from BPP University in London. Prior to joining CBE, Henry worked for the UK Government on climate change policy. Whilst there he worked on developing a strategy to meet domestic climate change targets; Green financ...

Humphrey Wireko

Humphrey is Managing Director of the Energy Access team and member of Group Council. He 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 fr...

Ifeoma Dike

Ifeoma Dike leads CrossBoundary Energy's Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) team and is based in the Lagos office. Ifeoma holds a Master’s in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from the University of Nottingham. Prior to joining CrossBoundary Energy, Ifeoma worked with African Capital Alliance, where she led the ESG f...

Igor Pavlov

Igor is a member of the investment advisory team and is based in CrossBoundary’s Chisinau office. Igor holds an 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 corpo...

Isabelle Carpenter

Isabelle is a member of the investment advisory team and is based in CrossBoundary’s Dubai office. 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 Dub...

Isolde Roumy

Isolde is a member of CrossBoundary's investment advisory team and is based in the Ramallah office. Isolde holds a Master Grande Ecole from Emlyon Business School. Before joining CrossBoundary, Isolde worked as a Project Leader at the French Agency of Development (AFD) in Tunisia, covering the financial sector, entrepreneurship and support to private sector. Before joining AFD, Isolde was a Ventur...

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, Kenya, 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 Opera...

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...

Jane Nduati

Jane is a member of CrossBoundary's legal team and is based in the firm's Nairobi office. Jane holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree from the University of Nairobi and a post-graduate degree from the Kenya School of Law. She is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Jane worked as a project finance lawyer at Anjarwalla & Khanna (A&K) and DLA Piper Africa i...

Japheth Omari

Japheth Omari is a Senior Technical Manager at CrossBoundary Energy Access (CBEA). He is based in CrossBoundary’s Nairobi Office. Before joining CBEA, Japheth worked as the Senior Technical Advisor for mini-grids at AECF supporting a program deploying $60m to renewable energy businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa. He has consulted for GIZ and EU Africa Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP) ...

Jean Kabese

Jean is a CIMA Chartered Global Management Accountant (ACMA, CGMA) with a Bachelor of Commerce Honours (BCom Hons) degree in Financial Management from the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. He is fluent in both English and French. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Jean worked at Phatisa, a sector-focused private equity firm, where he was responsible for portfolio monitoring and reporting as...

Jesse Ruga Wang’ombe

Jesse Ruga Wang’ombe is a member of CrossBoundry’s Natural Capital team based in the Nairobi office. Jesse is an alumnus of Strathmore University where he studied Commerce specializing in Finance and Accounting. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Jesse worked as an Audit Associate at KPMG in the Kenya office. During his time at KPMG, he was part of several audit engagements that spanned a multitu...

Joel Ssemukaaya

Joel is originally from Uganda and holds an MSc in Investment Management from Henley Business School – University of Reading, in the UK. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Joel spent 10+ years working for Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds in the EU and Africa, notably Aqua-Spark in the Netherlands and GroFin and Pearl Capital Partners in Uganda. He also worked in Corporate Finance for 5 year...

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...

Jules Ndambu

Jules leads CrossBoundary’s investment advisory team in the Democratic Republic of Congo and is based in our Kinshasa office. Jules holds a Master in Finance from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and the Financial Risk Manager “FRM” designation. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Mr. Ndambu worked in various advisory roles in the financial sector. He was a Senior Manager at Deloitte...

Juliana Arango

Juliana holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Universidad Autonoma de Bucaramanga (UNAB), Colombia. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Juliana was an executive assistant and customer service specialist at a tech company based in the US. Previously, she worked as an administrative assistant for several other companies. Since 2014, she has been a volunteer at Laughh foundation. Juliana is a ...

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...

Karen Mutema

Karen holds a Master of Science in Financial Mathematics from the University of Leeds and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from the United States International University - Africa. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, she was an Associate with impact investor Bamboo Capital Partners for 2.5 years, working on debt and equity deals that drive financial inclusion across Africa. While there,...

Kate Wharton

Kate Wharton leads CrossBoundary’s Natural Capital investment advisory and was previously based in Erbil, Iraq as Head of Iraq Advisory. Kate 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, Kate was based in Turkey as the Chi...

Kathleen Jean-Pierre

Kathleen is the Chief Operations Officer 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 the growth of the ...

Kean Gee Liew

Kean Gee is a Project Development Director with the CrossBoundary Energy team and is based in Perth, Western Australia. Kean Gee holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia. He has over ten years of experience in engineering and project management having worked in the renewable energy and mining industries. Kean Gee has completed...

Kelley Gasper

Kelley Gasper is a Principal with the CrossBoundary Advisory team. He has prior experience leading the firm's team in Southeast Asia and throughout Africa in Bamako and Johannesburg. 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 lendi...

Khalil Haddad

Khalil Haddad leads CrossBoundary’s Jordan investment advisory team based out of the Amman office. Prior to CrossBoundary, Khalil co-founded NuCleo Investment Hub and successfully led the scale-up of several start-ups in the MENA region. Mr. Haddad also served as Advisor and Director at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry where he spearheaded the efforts to enhance the business environmen...

Khuzaimah Saeed

Khuzaimah holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cambridge. Prior to CrossBoundary, Khuzaimah worked in the Dubai office of the Boston Consulting Group where he advised clients operating in financial services, technology, telecommunications, and the public sector. He has also worked at a macroeconomics and geopolitical advisory firm in London a...

Kirtika Challa

Kirtika Challa is a Managing Director for CrossBoundary Advisory and the Head of Power and Infrastructure. She also serves on CrossBoundary's Group Council. 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...

Kristel Chu Yan Fui

Kristel is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a master’s degree in Accounting from University at Buffalo and bachelor’s degree in Accounting, minor in Finance from Hartwick College. Kristel started her professional career at Spartan Race, Inc in Vermont. Kristel continued her career in external assurance at KPMG for four years, then went on to work in Taiwan in a consulting firm in custom...

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...

Kymberly Bays

Kymberly Bays leads CrossBoundary’s global communications. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Political Science from Temple University (Philadelphia, PA). Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Kymberly led a communications and innovation portfolio with the United Nations Development Programme, based in Juba, South Sudan. She has experience providing diverse communications support on...

Laura Garcia

Laura holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Los Andes University. Prior to CrossBoundary, Laura worked as a Senior Consultant at Everis Colombia, where she led and participated in strategic consulting projects across different industries with top-tier Colombian companies. Previously, Laura worked as an investment banking analyst in BBVA IB Office Colombia, structuring develop...

Lello Halake

Lello is a member of the Investment Advisory team based in the Kampala office. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, she worked with a sub-Saharan Africa-focused Impact venture fund, responsible for deal origination, execution, and monitoring. Lello began her career at Burbidge Capital where her work covered capital raising and advisory services in various sectors across the East African region that are...

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...

Linda K McNamara

Linda is a member of CrossBoundary's administrative team, based in the Washington D.C. office. She is an experienced, strong professional with an operations management background in planning, scheduling, and managing all aspects of administrative operations. Prior to CrossBoundary, she spent 12 years with an SAP consulting/reseller firm, Decision First Technologies (currently Protiviti) as an Oper...

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...

Loïc Porte

Loïc holds a Master Grande Ecole from the ESSEC Business School and research Master’s in Economics from the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) de Lyon. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Loïc worked as an economist at the African Financial Institutions Investment Platform (AFIIP) and as a research assistant at the University Pompeu Fabra and at the ENS de Lyon in political economy. He also interned ...

Loise Sigana

Loise holds a Bachelor in Psychology & Sociology from The University of Nairobi. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, she worked as an Administrator at Action Africa Help International, an INGO operating in the Horn of Africa focused on improving livelihoods. While there, Loise supported administration, procurement, and programs. During her tenure, she provided effective links between the regional ...

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...

Lynne Wesonga

Lynne has a Bachelor of Science in Financial Engineering from JKUAT. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Lynne worked as a Private Debt Associate at Gulf Capital based out of Dubai where she facilitated the deployment of capital and focused on portfolio management of companies in the Middle East and Africa. She also worked as an investment banking analyst at Standard Chartered Bank, Dubai office with ...

Malek Lamouri

Malek holds a MSc in Corporate Finance from EM Lyon Business School and a BSc in Finance from IHEC Carthage. Prior to CrossBoundary, Malek has accumulated over 10 years of investment banking experience across European and African markets with international and regional firms such as Leptis Capital, Hannon Capital, BNP Paribas, and Société Générale. He has a track record of working on complex t...

Mame Awa Ba

Mame Awa holds a triple Master’s degree in Management with a specialisation in finance, run jointly by Emlyon Business School, Ludwig Maximilian University, and Lancaster University Management School. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Mame Awa worked for Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking for the Mergers and Acquisitions team. Previously, she also worked as a financial auditor a...

Mandeep Shah

Mandeep holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Warwick in the UK. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Mandeep worked as a Program Manager at Msingi, a non-profit organization focused on transforming high potential sectors across East Africa, including aquaculture and textiles & apparel, where he focused on the development of industry growth strategies, supporting bu...

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...

María Böhmer

María is a member of the investment advisory team and is based in CrossBoundary’s Bogota office. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from ESSEC Business School in France. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Maria was Strategic Initiative Lead at Tul, where she led and managed Investors Relations and executed strategic initiatives around Tul’s core business to achieve positi...

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 Head of Corporate Development for CrossBoundary and based in the London office. 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 ...

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...

Maxime Van Laer

Max is a member of the investment advisory team and is based in CrossBoundary’s Kinshasa office. Max holds a Masters in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College (First class honors) and an MBA from INSEAD. Max began his career as a field engineer for Schlumberger, working on unconventional Oil & Gas projects in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and the DRC. He subsequently worked for Bain & Compa...

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...

Mercy Musya

Mercy holds a BSc degree in Financial Economics from Strathmore University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, she worked as a People Innovations Associate at One Acre Fund (OAF). She designed and set up OAF’s Staff Care team and led system and policy improvements toward benefits satisfaction and administrative efficiency. Previously, she worked at Busara Center, a behavioral science research firm ...

Michele Ombima

Michele Ombima is a Senior Engineer for CrossBoundary Energy, where she is responsible for developing concept designs and providing implementation design support for our solar PV projects for commercial-industrial customers. Michele has an Electrical & Electronic Engineering Degree from Moi University in Kenya. She is a Certified Energy Manager with the Association of Energy Engineers. Prior t...

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...

Modi Kutua

Modi is a member of the Investment Advisory team and is based in the CrossBoundary Johannesburg office. Modi holds an MBA from the University of Oxford – Said Business School, a Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management from the University of Cape Town, and a Bachelor of Commerce in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Cape Town. Before join...

Mohamed Amine Boudhiba

Mohamed Amine holds a Master of Science in European Economic Studies from the College of Europe in Belgium and a Master of Science in Finance from IHEC Carthage in Tunis. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Amine was a Senior Associate with Mediterranean Corporate Finance, an independent corporate finance and investment advisory firm focusing on the Middle East and North Africa region. He also worked ...

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 is a member of the investment advisory team and is based in CrossBoundary’s Erbil office. 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 o...

Nandini Chaudhury

Nandini holds an MBA in Finance and a Bachelor of Science in Economics. She has 10+ years of experience and specializes in energy transition investments, voluntary carbon market, and the oil and gas market. Before CrossBoundary, Nandini worked with Trafigura Group, where she developed and managed a USD 200M+ investment platform of renewable energy projects for Puma Energy (subsidiary and retail ar...

Naomi Karanja

Naomi is a member of CrossBoundary’s administration team based in the Nairobi office. Naomi holds a bachelor’s in Business Administration-Marketing from Kenya Methodist University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary Naomi worked as an Executive Assistant at Ipsos, a multinational market research firm with headquarters in Paris, France. While there she provided administrative support to the Country...

Nathan Kelly

Nathan Kelly is a member of CrossBoundary's investment advisory team and is based in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of Washington & Lee University. Nathan has advised on a variety of transactions including international cross-border M&A and debt capital raises. Additionally, he has advised development banks, donors, and other investors on strategies for deploying capital into underserve...

Nigel Sibili

Nigel Sibili is a member of the CrossBoundary Advisory team based in Johannesburg. He is a CFA Charterholder and holds a Bachelor of Commerce Honours degree in Business Finance from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Nigel was a Senior Analyst at Verdant Capital in the M&A division in Johannesburg. His work covered capital raising and advisory services throughout ...

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...

Nittaya Lerttriluck

Nittaya has a Master in Accounting and a Bachelor of Commerce from the Thai Chamber of Commerce University in Bangkok in Thailand. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Nittaya worked as a finance and accounting manager under Mitsubishi Corp., headquartered in Japan. Nittaya is a member of the administration team and is based in CrossBoundary’s Bangkok office....

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 is the Chief People Officer of The CrossBoundary Group and leads the firm’s people team. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and a minor in Spanish from the University of Florida. Prior to CrossBoundary, Noreen 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, Noreen has overseen HR, traini...

Olowo Animu

Olowo is a member of the investment advisory team and is based in CrossBoundary’s Lagos office. 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. ...

Osmann Chahine

Osmann holds a Master’s degree in General Engineering with a specialization in Energy Systems and Environment from IMT Atlantique – Ecole des Mines de Nantes in France. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Osmann worked as a Pre-Sales Engineer at SAGEMCOM Energy & Telecom in the French and Senegalese offices. There, he was responsible for technical design, project engineering, and pricing of EP...

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 ...

Pathomwong Gerdbhoca

Pathomwong Gerdbhoca is a member of CrossBoundary's investment advisory team, leading its Southeast Asia Advisory practice. He is based in the Bangkok office. Pathomwong is a CFA Charter holder and a Certified Financial Risk Manager. Pathomwong holds an MSc in Investment and Risk Management from NIDA Business School, Thailand and a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Canterbury, New Zealand. P...

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...

Peter Ogolla

Peter holds a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication and Information Engineering from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya. Before joining CrossBoundary, Peter worked as a Senior IT Solution Advisor at McKinsey & Company in Johannesburg, where he spearheaded strategic IT projects across Africa. Before that, Peter served as a Project Manager for Altech Africa in Nairo...

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...

Pink Sakdiarpa

Pink Sakdiarpa is based in CrossBoundary’s Bangkok office. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Pink held an investment banking role at The Quant Group, a boutique M&A advisory firm in Thailand where she managed various aspects of M&A transactions with a focus on the consumer and retail sectors. Her track record also spans across other financial advisory assignments, including business valuat...

Preechaphon (Printor) Chaisurayakan

Preechaphon (Printor) Chaisurayakan is a CFA charter holder and holds a Master in Finance from London Business School and a Bachelor of Accountancy (first-class honours) from Chulalongkorn University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Printor was an investment banking associate in the capital market team at Bangkok Bank, where he provided transaction advisory for capital raising through the issuance...

Qudus Seriki

Qudus is a member of the CrossBoundary Energy team, based in the Lagos office. Qudus holds an HND (Higher National Diploma) in Electrical Electronics Engineering from Lagos State Polytechnic and a Bachelor of Engineering from Federal University, Oye-Ekiti. A member of relevant professional bodies including Project Management Institute (PMI)[ID: 7681720] among others. Qudus has over 5 years of exp...

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...

Rose Farah

Rose is a member of CrossBoundary's investment advisory team, based in the Dubai office. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Rose was a strategy consultant at The Bridgespan Group in New York and Singapore, where she helped launch the firm's presence in Southeast Asia. Rose serves on the Board of Directors at Jusoor, an international NGO focused on education and entrepreneurship for Syrian youth. She ...

Samia Ghorbel

Samia leads CrossBoundary’s investment advisory team in Tunisia. She is a Chartered Accountant, and she holds a Master of Science in Accounting and a Bachelor’s in Accounting and Business from Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Carthage. Prior to joining CrossBoundary Group, Samia was a Partner at AfricInvest Group, one of the leading Private Equity Fund Managers in Africa, cumulating ...

Sara Yaacoub

Sara is based in CrossBoundary’s Beirut office and is a member of the advisory team. 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-...

Scott Richards

Scott is a CFA Charter holder and a Certified Financial Risk Manager. He holds a Master in Financial Economics from the University of Oxford and is a graduate of the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Wharton. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Scott led the financial institutions and fintech private equity practice at responsAbility Investments in Central Asia, CEE, & Latin America, and b...

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...

Seyi Williams

Seyi is a CFA charterholder and an ACCA member with a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Financial Management from Loughborough University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Seyi worked for Sahara Group Limited, where she collaborated with business heads to develop a holistic strategic road map aligned with the Group’s pu...

Sharon Ngarariga

Sharon holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Electronic from the University of Nairobi. Before joining CrossBoundary, she worked as a Project Manager at Enkai Limited. At Enkai limited, she provided technical support to the BD team, vetting of EPC’s installation works, carried out operation & maintenance of solar projects, and led in the development of company policies to implement...

Shohei Nanji

Shohei is a member of the investment advisory team and is based in the Kampala 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’s Whar...

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...

Siyasanga Madikazi – Modisagae

Siyasanga is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA) and holds a Bachelor’s in Accounting and a Post Graduate Diploma in Taxation from Rhodes University. During her Postgraduate Diploma in taxation, she conducted a research study that debunked the “burden of proof” in tax law and the social impact of not paying taxes in a developing country like South Africa. During her research, she gained ex...

Sophie Salloum

Sophie holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Lebanese University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Sophie worked as a senior accountant and administrative officer at a leading school in Lebanon, College des Soeurs des Saints Coeurs. While there, Sophie gathered experience in accounting and administration which has helped her develop different technical, human, and conceptual skills. ...

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...

Stefan Amokwandoh

Stefan Amokwandoh holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology with African Studies from Princeton University. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Stefan worked as a strategy consultant in the Healthcare sector at Trinity Life Sciences and ClearView HCP advising fortune 500 pharmaceuticals, and small biotechs in Germany and the US respectively. Stefan also has Venture Capital experience with Golden Palm Inv...

Stefan Pagura

Stefan holds a Master of Science with Distinction in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in Political Studies from Queen’s University at Kingston. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Stefan worked with Global Affairs Canada as part of their innovative finance group, where he was also an Impact Canada Fellow. Stefan also worked a...

Stephen Akpakwu

Stephen holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School and graduated with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from the University of Hertfordshire. Stephen started his career as a market and credit risk analyst at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was responsible for designing and developing in-house risk management solutions. Before ...

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...

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 ...

Teresa Otinga

Terry is a member of CrossBoundary’s Energy Access team based in the Nairobi office. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Terry worked as an Associate Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Nairobi, where she was involved in projects in a wide range of development topics including healthcare, climate adaptation & resilience, and agriculture & food systems among others. She previou...

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,...

Tessa Lee

Tessa leads CrossBoundary Energy's Regulatory Affairs team, based in Nairobi. She holds a Master of Social Science from the London School of Economics (UK) and a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University (USA) and was raised in South Africa. Before joining CrossBoundary, Tessa advised various African governments on renewable energy policy and off-grid market development with the Tony Blair Institute ...

Tolu Disu

Tolu Disu is a Business Development Director for CrossBoundary Energy and based in the Nairobi office. Tolu has an MBA from HEC Paris and a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering from Villanova University. She is a seasoned oil & gas professional with her experience ranging from rig operations to commercial and project management. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Tolu worked at Nordic Degrees Limit...

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 is based in the CrossBoundary Nairobi office, where she leads CrossBoundary’s Mini-Grid Innovation Lab. Tombo holds an MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development from the University of Cambridge and an 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...

Tozama Mate

Tozama is a legal secretary with more than ten years of experience. In 2004, Tozama was sworn in as a Transcriber of the High Court, which allows her to transcribe meetings and court procedures. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Tozama was a Senior Commercial Secretary for Energy and Infrastructure Heads of Africa at various international law firms based in Johannesburg, South Africa, such as Dewey ...

Varughese Thomas

Varughese is a member the CrossBoundary Energy team, based in Cape Town. Varughese holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cape Town and has postgraduate studies in Renewable Energy from the University of Stellenbosch. He is also a government-certificated engineer in South Africa. Before to transitioning completely into renewable energy, he worked in engineerin...

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’...

Wiehahn de Jager

Wiehahn de Jager is a Talent Acquisition Specialist on CrossBoundary Group's People team. He is based in Cape Town. Wiehahn holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a specialization in Law from the University of Stellenbosch. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, he served as an external recruitment consultant with AltGen Recruitment, where he focused on talent acquisition in underserved markets, before eve...

Zaina Otieno

Zaina holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, and a minor in Finance from Meredith College, USA, where she studied as a Zawadi scholar. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Zaina worked in Deutsche Bank’s Investment Banking Group in New York and London, where she was responsible for mergers and acquisitions, capital markets coverage, and execution. While there, Zai...