AGF Service Providers
Awards 2019

Daniel is a finance academic and formerly a senior figure in the fund management industry. He is Director of the Centre for Financial Regulation and Innovation. In addition to previously managing African equity and fixed income funds, Daniel has held a number of executive level positions in the investment world. These include Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Portfolio Manager. Daniel has written numerous books and articles related to capital markets and has had two peer reviewed papers published on what the appropriate index is for African equity funds.

Evans is Director, Financial Markets at Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Africa where he leads leads capital markets development initiatives across sub-Saharan Africa. He also sits on the board and investment committee of the African Local Currency Bond Fund (ALCBF). Evans has over 20 years global experience in investments, financial markets and development finance. This spans sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East & North Africa (MENA), North America, Europe and South Asia covering over 30 countries.

Fadi Bassir is an Investment Professional in the Funds & Capital Partnerships team at CDC Group Plc, where he is responsible for sourcing, executing and managing fund investments in Africa. Fadi has invested in and managed funds across the VC, SME, mid-cap, large-cap, credit, real estate and infrastructure categories. He has been at CDC since 2015. Prior to CDC, Fadi worked in the corporate finance practice at Ernst & Young (EY) in London. Fadi graduated from Imperial College London with a Masters in Engineering (M.Eng) and is Chartered Accountant (UK).

Hurley Doddy is a Managing Director, Founding Partner, and Co-CEO of Emerging Capital Partners (ECP). As Co-CEO, he is responsible for providing overall leadership and strategy for the firm, including management of the investment staff. With 30 years of private equity and finance experience, Hurley provides a breadth of finance and transaction experience and is active in all phases of the investment process. He serves on ECP’s Executive Committee and on the Funds’ investment committees. Prior to joining ECP in 2000, he was an Executive Director at Sumitomo Finance International in London, where he managed the operations of a $200m equity risk arbitrage book, creating arbitrage and convergence strategies. Mr. Doddy’s career in finance began at Salomon Brothers in 1984, lasting over 14 years with assignments in New York, Tokyo, and Sao Paulo. Mr. Doddy received a bachelor’s degree in economics with honors from Princeton University and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation from the CFA Institute. He is Chairman of the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA), and has served on the boards of Oragroup (West and Central Africa), Celtel International (Pan-African), Charaf Corporation (Morocco), Agromed S.A. (Tunisia), Continental Reinsurance (Nigeria), All Africa Airways (Mauritius), Air Ivoire (Cote d’Ivoire), Société Internationale de Plantations d’Hévéas (SIPH) (West Africa), and Maarifa Education (East Africa).

Joseph is currently Managing Director and Co-Founder of Adventis, which is an Africa focused investment manager. He is also Portfolio Manager for The Africa Financial Sector Deepening Fund. He has 18 years of investment experience and previously managed the Africa public equity portfolios of Investec, which was the largest Africa Fund globally. He also sat on the Investec Investment Forum and the Investec Africa Macroeconomic Forum. Before that he was Portfolio Manager of the T Rowe Price Africa and Middle East portfolios, and was a Senior Emerging Market financial analyst at T Rowe Price, based in London, UK. Before that he was a Global financial analyst at ABN AMRO, based in Amsterdam, Holland. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and Commerce from the University of Cape Town, and a Master in Business Administration from the Netherlands Business School. He holds the UK Investment Certificate (CFA Level III).

Rory heads the R1.5bn 27four Black Business Growth Fund, a portfolio of private equity funds investing in the South African mid-market. The BBGF is focused on providing strong returns through growing its underlying investee companies, facilitating job creation and transformation. Rory is acknowledged as an expert in the field of unlisted investments, and has trained corporate and public sector institutional investors across several countries. He is a Director of SAVCA and also sits on the industry promotion, research and transformation subcommittees. In 2010 he initiated industry wide performance reporting for the South African private equity industry. In 2012 he created and was lead author on the first of a series of Bright Africa reports on African investment markets, including the state of unlisted investments and deal making across the continent. He also co-authored The Search for Returns with the African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (AVCA), and the inaugural report into the state of private equity in East Africa with the East African Venture Capital Association (EAVCA). Rory has spoken on the subject of unlisted investments at industry events in the US, UK, Europe and across Africa, and has advised SAVCA, AVCA and EAVCA as well as the largest institutional investors on the continent on their unlisted investments.

Tanya joined SAVCA in March 2017, after a rewarding 10-year career at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) with her last role being Director of Academic Programmes where she also served on the board of the Executive MBA Council (EMBAC), an international academic association that represents the Executive MBA industry. Tanya is passionate about human and organisational development. During her time as a learning and development specialist focusing on management and leadership development, Tanya gained valuable experience working with various companies across a wide range of sectors. She holds an MBA and Post-Graduate Diploma from GIBS where her MBA research focused on methods to develop a global mindset. Tanya also holds a BCom Informatics and Honours in Business Management from UNISA.

Thomas is a founding director at Eighteen East Capital, an advisory company with a focus on impact investing and development finance, with offices in London and Cape Town. He has 17 years’ experience in the asset management industry. Recently head of institutional business at African Alliance Asset Management, he previously was a director at S&P Fund Research, and held senior positions at RBS/ABN Amro. He holds an MBA from the University of Cape Town and a Masters in Applied Finance from the University of Melbourne. In addition, Thomas founded the Africa Impact Report in 2011.