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 […]

British A. Robinson

British has a wealth of experience in driving inclusive growth and investment across the continent of Africa. She currently serves as Chair, Africa at the Milken Institute, and previously led as Coordinator for Prosper Africa. She holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University and George Washington University, and honorary doctorates from Fairfield University […]

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 […]

Mita Samani

Mita was until June 2023 the Head of the Private Sector Department at the United Kingdom’s Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office. She was tasked with the oversight and management of BII and represented the UK on the Board of Directors of the EBRD. Mita in addition helped develop the UK’s position on climate change policy […]

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 […]