Thomas Venon

Thomas is executive director of the CDFS and a founding partner at Eighteen East Capital. Thomas has 20 years’ experience in the asset management industry including as head of institutional business at African Alliance, a director at S&P Fund Research, and senior positions at RBS/ABN Amro and Old Mutual. He holds an MBA from the […]

Dave Portmann

Dave co-founded Eighteen East Capital in 2015 and is a senior advisor to the CDFS. He gained extensive experience across Africa during his time as a senior consultant at Douglas Parker Associates. He also spent four years in general management at USABCO. Dave was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa and holds B.Sc. […]

Magnus Billing

Magnus has over 20 years of experience in the international financial industry. He was previously the CEO of Nasdaq Nordic and, most recently, the CEO of Alecta, one of Europe’s five largest pension funds. As CEO, he transformed the portfolio into a sustainable asset base by leveraging an active, in-house investment model to drive transitional […]

David Escoffier

David is a partner at Eighteen East Capital and CEO of the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility. An experienced banker he most recently held senior management positions as Global CEO of Newedge and Deputy Head of Global Markets at Société Générale. David has also served on several corporate boards, including Lyxor Asset Management. David is a […]

Wuraola Okuwobi

Wuraola is a Master’s in Finance student at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE). As a Wallenberg fellow, she completed an internship GEF Capital Partners. Prior to SSE, Wuraola worked in the international tax divisions at PwC and Andersen where she advised multinationals and domestic group companies on related party transactions. In addition she sits […]

Hjalmar Haglund

Hjalmar Haglund is an Associate at the CDFS. His prior professional experience includes roles at the French Ministry of the Interior, the French National Assembly, Doctors of the World, and the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Paris. He holds degrees in public law, history, and political science from Paris-Dauphine University, École Pratique des Hautes Études, […]

Saadia Madsbjerg

Saadia is the former president of The Coca-Cola Foundation, where she oversaw the foundation’s assets and global operations. Previously, she was managing director of the Rockefeller Foundation’s innovative finance portfolio. She currently serves on the board of Co-Impact. Her work has been featured in publications such as Harvard Business Review, and she is the co-author […]

Tine Fisker Henriksen

Tine has over 10 years of experience in the impact investing sector. She is the Interim Managing Director at BESTSELLER Foundation, investing in green economy ventures in Sub-Saharan Africa. Tine is on the Board of several of the Foundation’s portfolio companies. Previously, Tine led a team of innovative finance and impact investing experts at the […]

Philip Walker

Philip is co-head of private equity investments at Asteria Obviam, with a lead responsibility for investment and portfolio construction in Africa. Prior to Obviam, Philip was a founding member of the team that developed and launched the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. Philip has a master’s degree in finance from London Business School.

John Kristensen

John is COO of Astrid, an EdTech venture he co-founded after a career in development finance and investment banking. Previously, as head of fund investments at Swedfund, John built and managed one of the largest impact investment portfolios of its kind in the Nordics. Prior to Swedfund, he worked at Aviva plc and Merrill Lynch […]