Investment Committee
Unparalleled Financial Insight In Selecting High-growth Opportunities
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Mr. David Johnson currently runs his own corporate finance advisory firm Alwyne Partners. He is a seasoned corporate finance and
investment banking practitioner with over 30 years’ experience having completed US$ 9.4 Billion in international advisory deals and ZAR 32
Billion of principal bids and acquisition transactions in South Africa.
He was until 2014 the Chief Investment Officer of the J&J Group where he completed a number of notable transactions, including
investment into the Bombela Concession Company (Gautrain Project), Lesedi Nuclear Services as well as the redevelopment Kelvin Power
Station. Prior to that he was with Decorum Capital Investment Holdings where notably acted as the lead advisor on the ZAR 7.5 Billion (USD
US$1.1Billion) acquisition of Cape Town V&A Waterfront Limited by Dubai World, which was at the time the largest ever property transaction
in South Africa.
David also worked for ABSA Bank as General Manager, Head Specialised Finance, Capital and Debt Markets. Prior to ABSA he was with
HSBC, Johannesburg as Director, Project and Structured Finance before joining London operation as Director Energy and Utilities Group,
Corporate Finance and Advisory. David been previously with ABSA prior to his project finance team he led was bought out by HSBC. There
he led and completed transactions including the N4 Toll Road Project, the R300 Cape Urban Toll Road, the N2 Toll Wild Coast Corridor, the
Nelspruit Water Concession and the $1,6Bn Mozal aluminum smelter.
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Ms. Geetha Tharmaratnam is the Chief Impact Investment Officer of the WHO Foundation. Previously she was Partner – Africa & Head of
Impact for LGT Impact, founding partner of T5 Africa Capital Partners, portfolio management team member and a principal in the CIO
Office at Aureos Capital. Geetha is an advisor to Capria Ventures, an accelerator for impact fund managers and acts as Advisor for Capria
Ventures, a global investment firm facilitating the flow of impact capital by providing fund managers with acceleration and advisory
services, funding, and access to a growing network of leading fund managers around the world.
She was previously with Abraaj Group, a growth markets private equity (PE) firm investing $7.5 Billion in 160+ businesses in Africa, Latin
America, Middle East and Asia as Director, Portfolio Management. Prior to Abraaj she was with Aureos Capital, the largest SME Emerging
Markets PE firm investing $1.3 Billion in Africa, Latin America and Asia, as Principal, Investments and ESG.
She brings over 16 years international work experience in banking, insurance/reinsurance, PE and development finance in Emerging
Markets. Geetha has served on several industry and economic forums such the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on
Sustainable Development, the African Venture Capital & Private Equity Sustainability Board Sub-Committee, Emerging Markets Private
Equity Association and Principles for Responsible Investing Working and the G8 taskforce on Impact Investing.
She is an MBA and MSc Mgmt. Research (Private Equity as an instrument of development in Africa) Graduate of Said Business School,
Oxford University. Her first degree was a BSc (Hons) in Finance from University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
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Mr. Boikanyo Kgosidintsi was previously Managing Director of Western Life Insurance and has also acted as the Group Investor Relations
Head at Letshego Holdings Limited. His primary responsibilities are to develop and maintain strategic dialogue with key domestic and
international capital market participants, as well to assist with on-going capital raising and liquidity initiatives that are key to diversifying the
Group’s sources of funding and bringing down its overall cost of funding.
Boikanyo joined Letshego from Barclays Africa in Johannesburg – he started there with Absa Capital in 2008, initially working in the Africa
Debt Capital Markets team, subsequently moving to the Investment Banking Africa desk to assist in the sub-Saharan Africa coverage build
out. Prior to that, over a period of 15 years, he developed his broader financial services experience working at the Botswana Stock Exchange,
some of the leading commercial banks and other non-bank financial institutions in Botswana. Boikanyo has deep African capital markets
experience having been involved in debt capital market raisings in excess of US1 .5bn for sovereign issuers, blue chip corporates and
Government related entities.
Specifically, Boikanyo has been involved structuring, execution and marketing of transactions to domestic and international institutional
fixed income investors.
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Mr. Nigel Dixon-Warren has over 30 years of tax, accounting, audit, risk and corporate advisory experience, of which 24 were with KPMG Botswana where he served as Country Senior and
Managing Partner until September 2018 as the firm’s primary point of contact for investment related advisory covering market entry, corporate structures, tax and compliance. Some of his
career highlights include successful liquidation of a fast food business with over 350 employees which was eventually sold as a going concern, successful operation and handover of a major
mining group with over 500 employees for nearly 3 years and successful temporary management of life insurance company with no redundancies.
He is currently a Director at Desert Secretarial Services a firm that provides Company Secretarial Services, Accounting, Taxation, Payroll and Business Consultancy Services.
Nigel is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ( FCCA-UK) and Fellow Certified Professional Accountant (FCPA – Botswana.)
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Merapelo is the Senior Manager: Treasury at Botswanna Oil having previously held the role of Head: Financial Planning & Treasury at Botswana Development Corporation. She is an executive level finance professional that marries financial acumen with commercial shrewdness. Has hands-on experience in game changing projects, team dynamics, board and strategy in extensively competitive service terrain. Strong in treasury and liquidity management and fund raising. Also solid in driving results, problem solving, adaptation and leadership. She is a highly motivated Finance, Audit and Treasury professional bringing more than 15 years of experience in growing reputable organisations, Merapelo is also a committed Audit professional with experience in leading and delivering lifecycle audit services.
Merapelo holds a Bachelors degree in Accounting from University Botswana, Post graduate Certificate in Risk Management, and completed the Management Development Programme from University of Stellenbosch. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA, UK). Merapelo is currently enrolled for a diploma, Treasury Management as ACT Learning Academy, London.
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Mr. Yaw Keteku is a finance professional and investor with 20 years of experience in the US, Europe, and Africa. He has spent the last 10 years focused on private debt and equity investments in
Africa. Yaw co-founded Aleph Commodities, a London based investment and trading business focused on energy opportunities in the EMEA region. Previously, Yaw was an Associate Partner at
Vantage Capital in South Africa focused on mezzanine investments in West and Southern Africa.
Prior to that, he worked in the energy investment banking group of Credit Suisse in New York, and the corporate finance group at American Express. Yaw represents Norfund on the
Investment Committee of AgDevCo and serves as the board chairman of InterTank Nordic AB in Sweden and IC Liquidity Fund in Ghana. He holds a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College
and an MBA from the University of Michigan.


