Managing Partner, ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna (A&K) Karim is the managing partner of A&K and is considered one of the country’s leading corporate M&A practitioners, recognised for his Africa-wide cross-border work. He has a wide array of experience advising domestic, regional, and international clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investments and capital markets transactions.

Director, ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna (A&K) Roddy is a director in the corporate department at A&K. He brings to A&K over 30 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, restructurings, joint ventures, and other corporate transactional work. Prior to joining A&K in 2013, Roddy headed Webber Wentzel’s Africa Group and was based in Johannesburg for over six years, where he had overall responsibility for developing the firm’s practice on the African continent (outside South Africa). Roddy is an Africa specialist who has been involved in investments and transactional deals in over 45 African countries. Much of his experience has been working in emerging markets in Africa and Asia so he is well-positioned to understand how to successfully conclude deals in challenging environments.

Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group Nairobi Chris is a partner and managing director of BCG in Nairobi with over 14 years’ experience of consulting and seven in emerging markets. He has extensive strategic planning experience cutting across an array of industries and has developed significant leads and expertise in agriculture and food systems in Africa. Chris’ focus is on economic development, and particularly food systems transformation, working with a range of clients across agriculture and consumer products. His efforts have led to the strategy and development of several partnerships that have transformed the regions agricultural space.

Partner, ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna (A&K) Dominic is a partner at A&K with the corporate department and co-heads the firm’s competition group. He has wide-ranging experience in corporate, mergers and acquisitions, competition and capital markets matters. Prior to joining A&K, Dominic was a partner at Daly & Figgis Advocates.

Partner, ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna (A&K) Anne is a partner in the corporate department at A&K and co-heads firm’s competition law practice.

Partner, ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna (A&K) Wangui is a partner at A&K and her practice focuses on corporate law. Wangui has advised acquiring firms and targets in various commercial transactions, including structuring joint ventures in multiple jurisdictions, asset purchase acquisitions, disposals of businesses, share purchase acquisitions which require due diligence investigations and group restructurings in regulated and unregulated industries. She has also advised on many telecommunications and data protection matters.

Partner, ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna (A&K) Rosa is a partner in the corporate department at A&K. She advises clients on capital markets transactions, merger and acquisitions, commercial, regulatory and compliance issues. Rosa also specialises in corporate governance and employment law. She is an accredited governance auditor and a frequent speaker at legal and business conferences, including speaking at the fourth annual Africa Insurance and Reinsurance Conference, the Lewis Silkin Europe Middle East and Africa Club’s Sub-Saharan African Comparative Employment Law Seminar in London and an African Insurance M&A round table discussion organised by Debevoise & Plimpton in London and New York. Rosa has published various articles in the local newspapers on the Companies Act law in Kenya.

Partner, ALN Tanzania | A&K Tanzania Shemane is a corporate lawyer and manages ALN Tanzania’s client experience and operations. She advises international and local acquiring firms and targets in various commercial transactions, including structuring joint ventures, asset purchase acquisitions, disposals of businesses, and share purchase acquisitions.

Partner, ALN Uganda | MMAKS Advocates Fiona is a partner in the corporate team at MMAKS Advocates. She has previously worked with leading firms in Johannesburg and Kampala.

Fiona specialises in corporate mergers and acquisitions, private equity, mining, energy and natural resources, projects and infrastructure and general corporate commercial and regulatory advisory. She has a wealth of experience in both local and multi-jurisdictional mergers and acquisitions cutting across sectors like telecoms, insurance, banking, mining, and energy. She routinely handles legal due diligences, advises on corporate structuring, negotiates local and cross-border transactional agreements, and commercial operational agreements. In addition to having an impressive knowledge of the local business and regulatory framework, she routinely advises investors on regulatory compliance, and local licensing regimes.

Director, Private Equity, Actis Africa Ngetha is a member of the Actis Africa private equity team and is based in the Nairobi office.  He joined Actis through the associate intern programme in 2010 and has been actively involved in Actis’s investments in Alexander Forbes, Tracker, AutoXpress, Credit Services Holdings, Sigma Pensions and Fawry.  Prior to joining Actis, he worked for PCG Capital Partners, an American based private equity firm and Credit Suisse within the investment banking division.

Partner, Ethos Private Equity Aliya is a partner at Ethos Private Equity, focused on Sub Saharan Africa. Aliya was previously a director at Kagiso Tiso Holdings and a vice president at Africa Finance Corporation. She has made and managed investments across the continent in a variety of sectors, including infrastructure, industrials, consumer goods, financial services, and healthcare. She serves as a senior advisor to Si-Advisers and on the investment committee of CardinalStone Capital Advisers. Aliya holds a Bachelor of arts from Princeton University and a Masters in business administration from the Harvard Business School.

Group Director, Integrations and Recoveries, Equity Group Holdings Dr Dodoo is the group director of integrations and recoveries with Equity Group Holdings, the parent company of Equity Bank, East and Central Africa’s largest bank.

Principal Attorney, ALN Ethiopia | Mesfin Tafesse & Associates Mesfin is the founder and principal attorney of MTA with over 25 years of legal experience in the private, public, and civil society sectors in Ethiopia. Mesfin’s areas of expertise include mergers and acquisitions, business and investment law, banking and finance, project financing, oil and gas, infrastructure, and power and energy. He is a top-rated attorney with substantial experience representing multinational investors in several sectors. He is recognised by Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500 and ILFR as a  Band I legal service provider in Ethiopia. Mesfin is a member of the Ethiopian Lawyers’ Association.

Senior Investment Director, Ascent Capital Wanjiru is a Senior Investment Director at Ascent Capital Advisory Services. At Ascent, Wanjiru invests in small and medium enterprises in East Africa. Wanjiru works with entrepreneurs to create value, grow their business and prepare them to access followon investments. Previously, she was an auditor at PwC and PKF. Ascent Capital Advisory Services is the sole advisor of Ascent Rift Valley Fund I and II. Ascent Rift Valley Fund II recently announced the first close of its second fund at $100m.

Head of Business Support and  Resolution Wholesale Banking (East Africa), Standard Bank Group Misozi is a seasoned finance professional with 15 years’ experience gained in investment banking and private equity. Her professional work experience was gained at top tier financial services firms operating in various international financial centers, including New York City, London, Johannesburg, and Nairobi.

Director, Callstreet Research and Analytics George Bodo is a financial and economic analyst with  capital markets experience spanning a decade. He started his career in 2009 as a financial markets commentator, after which he rose to sell-side equity research. He then went on to provide coverage on Sub-Saharan African banks. He is currently the founder and CEO at Callstreet Research and Analytics, a local knowledge business focusing on business intelligence and investor relations. George is a thought leader on macro-economics and accompanying policies. He is also a certified investment and financial analyst and a regular columnist.