We leverage on our strategic partnerships and the expertise of our Founders, including their deep understanding of the range of trade finance instruments and their extensive networks is Sub-Saharan Africa.

The Founders

Nele Bhebhe

British and Zimbabwean national, born in Zimbabwe and educated in Scotland at the University of Edinburgh law school. Nele trained as a commercial lawyer with a silver circle law firm and now specialises in private equity, structured finance and general corporate and commercial law with an offshore magic circle law firm. He has a strong professional interest in impact investing and 're-purposing offshore capital' towards impact investments in Africa. Nele also holds a Lean Six Sigma Leadership qualification from the University of Oxford and a Social Sciences (Hons) degree from Edinburgh Napier University.

Peter Mukandi 

Peter holds a BSc Honours degree from Oxford Brookes University and is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). He began his career as an auditor at Grant Thornton Zimbabwe before moving to the Channel Islands. He has significant international financial services industry experience and prior to joining a leading alternative assets and corporate business services provider, Peter worked at KPMG in Guernsey. Peter recently attained an MSc Corporate Governance degree from the University of Bournemouth.

Partners

Justin Sykes

Justin is a social investment specialist with over 18 years experience in supporting the deployment of private capital to create more and better jobs for vulnerable populations, often in fragile contexts in Africa and the Middle East .

His wide-spanning career history has included working for INGOs, the United Nations and a major Middle Eastern private foundation. He serves as a board member and adviser to a number of microfinance institutions and international charities engaged in supporting the livelihoods of low income communities. He is a non-executive director of a market leading impact investment fund.