AGRI FRONTIER - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant
- Team Member
Alex, a Kenyan citizen based in the Kenya office and a Senior Consultant at Agri Frontier, has over 12 years financial and investment experience. Alex prior experience included the role of Business Analyst with the Kenya Markets Trust (KMT), a Kenyan non governmental institution focused on the agricultural sector. At KMT, Alex worked with stakeholders at each unit to deliver advisory services by identifying gaps in financial systems and recommending solutions. Alex has also worked as a Financial Analyst at Nielsen in charge of Sub Sahara Africa and as an Analyst at Neuberger Berman (formerly Lehman Brothers) in Dallas, Texas. Alex has a BSc Accounting and Information Management degree from the University of Texas at Dallas and is pursing an MBA Strategic Management from the United States International University - Africa.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Team Member
Andrew has worked in the African agribusiness and finance industry for over 15 years, living in East Africa between 2002 and 2014, and is the founder and Managing Director of Agri Frontier. Andrew worked as CFO of Finlays, a wholly owned subsidiary of John Swire & Sons, with extensive tea and horticultural operations in East Africa (22,000 employees). Andrew also worked as an Investment Manager with ALTIMA Partners LLP, a $2.5 billion alternative investment manager focusing on the agri sector.
Andrew's combined experience of ‘C' level finance roles for one of Africa's largest integrated agri-groups together with working in Africa focused agri-investment for a large Private Equity fund manager was the catalyst for founding Agri Frontier. Andrew has a BSc (Hons) Agricultural Business Management degree from the University of London and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
Job Titles:
- Senior Operations Manager
- Team Member
Anu is based in the UK office. She has extensive experience in entrepreneurship, engineering, management and corporate social responsibility. Anu also has experience in corporate reporting, investor relations, communications and strategy. Anu has a BEng in Electrical and Computer Systems and a Master of Business, both from Monash University, Australia and MSc in Food Safety and Quality from the Royal Agricultural University, UK.
Job Titles:
- Senior Agri Business Financial Consultant
- Team Member
Brian is an agri-finance professional with over 9 years of audit and finance experience having worked on multiple audit and advisory engagements across East Africa and is a Senior Agribusiness Financial Consultant within the Growth Hub division at Agri frontier. He is motivated to help clients in the agri sector find opportunities to scale their business and improve food security in the country.
His expertise include; financial due diligence, business valuation, financial modelling, audit, financial reporting and analysis, risk management and market research. Prior to joining Agri Frontier, Brian worked with Offgrid.finance as a Senior Financial and Risk Consultant with a focus on SMEs in the renewable energy and agri-tech sectors. He's also worked with KPMG and Deloitte in both audit and corporate finance units as well as with Lexo Energy as the Head of Financial Reporting and Controls.
He has a BSc in Strategic Management from Moi University, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and is currently pursuing an MBA in Strategy from Liverpool John Moore University.
Charlotte is a Development Finance Professional, and a Certified Investment and Financial Analyst (CIFA). Her experiences encompass extending advisory and consultancy assistance to financial institutions and MSMEs across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Currently serving as a Senior Agri-business Finance Consultant at Agri Frontier, she brings a wealth of experience garnered from roles in management consulting and banking sectors. Previously, she has been able to deliver on critical projects in sub-Saharan Africa while solving complex problems and designing impactful solutions for various clients, including MSMEs, investors, financial institutions, donors, and development partners. Some of the projects she has participated in include conducting financial and non-financial due diligence; transaction advisory; business development support; strategy development; product design and development; market research and assessment in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Rwanda, and Ghana.
Prior to joining Agri Frontier she was a Manager and Deputy Practice Group Lead at MicroSave Consulting (Anglophone Africa).
She holds an MSc in Development Finance from the University of Manchester (Distinction), an MBA in Strategic Management from the United States International University, Africa (USIU-A), and a BSc in International Business Administration (Finance), graduating magna cum laude from USIU-A. Charlotte also holds a certification as a Certified Expert in SME Finance from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. Currently, she is pursuing a certification in ESG and Impact Investing from the same institution.
Job Titles:
- Senior Investment Consultant
- Team Member
Danny Mitchel is an experienced Impact Investment professional with a proven track record in Agriculture Finance across Sub-Saharan Africa and Management Consulting. He has been an integral part of a European debt fund, specializing in the agricultural sector. In this role as a Senior Investment Analyst, he supported the fund through the full investment cycle (origination, screening, due diligence, IC proposal write-ups and portfolio monitoring). Furthermore, he's been involved in a strategic sourcing project for a major agro processor in Eastern and Central Africa, where his mandate was to support the executive management in developing a lean procurement strategy, structure and incorporate smallholder farmers in the value chain.
Prior to joining Agri Frontier, Mitchel worked for Samawati Capital Partners as a Senior Investment Analyst, supporting the company in executing its Fund Management mandate and further working on a few investor readiness projects under the USAID- Strategic Investing Activity. He has a Bachelor's degree in commerce, specialised in Finance from the University of Nairobi.
Job Titles:
- Business Consultant
- Team Member
David has worked in the African agribusiness and finance industry for over 27 years, he has been based in Nairobi since 1996, initially as the Managing Director for Rhone Poulenc/ Aventis (French and French/ German multinationals now part of Bayer) managing the Crop Protection and Animal health businesses, and from 2002, as a consultant working mainly on Development Agriculture.
David has worked with various investment funds and organisations including KPMG, (5 years working on the African Enterprise Challenge Fund) Msingi, Pearl Capital Partners, African Agricultural Capital and GalvMED as well as working with private SMES's advising on business development.
David has a degree Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Environmental Science from the University of Newcastle and a Master of Business Administration from Leeds.
Job Titles:
- Agri Business Financial Consultant
- Team Member
Job Titles:
- Senior Agribusiness Consultant
Job Titles:
- Agribusiness Financial Consultant
- Team Member
Godwin is an Agribusiness Consultant at Agri Frontier with over 4 years of experience providing corporate finance and advisory services to a wide range of businesses across West Africa. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting & Finance from the University of Agriculture, Makurdi and is currently a CFA Level 1 candidate.
Job Titles:
- Graduate Agribusiness Financial Consultant
Job Titles:
- Agri Investment Consultant
- Team Member
James is based in the UK and is also a Director of HIOM Advisory. He was previously a Director of 2J Capital - a private investment fund. His recent roles include Head of Agribusiness for NAB Group in Europe and a number of Senior Executive roles with Westpac Banking Group. Prior to his Banking career he has a strong background in consultancy and advisory work, especially within the Agribusiness and Food Sectors, with extensive experience in working across geographies, having worked with clients across Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, Australasia and North America.
Job Titles:
- Agricultural Specialist
- Team Member
Job Titles:
- Agri Business Financial Consultant
- Team Member
Job Titles:
- Graduate Agribusiness Financial Consultant
- Team Member
Kelvin is a Graduate Agribusiness Financial Consultant at Agri Frontier East Africa Limited. Kelvin is eager to learn and grow alongside the talented team at Agri Frontier and make a positive impact on the agribusiness industry.
Kelvin holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree (Finance) from the University of Nairobi and is a CPA(K).
Job Titles:
- Agri Business Financial Consultant
Job Titles:
- Graduate Agribusiness Financial Consultant
- Team Member
Job Titles:
- Senior Climate & Agri Development Consultant
- Team Member
Matthew joins us as a Senior Climate & Agri Development Consultant within our Consulting division. He has extensive experience as a Management Consultant, primarily in the Financial Services industry, with a subject matter focus on Sustainable Finance and climate risk management.
His latest role was a Strategic Initiatives Fellow at TechnoServe where he worked on an Agri-business Technical Assistance pilot program design for the Uganda Dairy sector. He has also worked at rePATRN in Ghana and BCS Consulting, part of Accenture in London as a Principal Consultant.
Delivering change in large multi-national and global banks across Finance and Risk functions, Matthew has worked on complex programmes with a regulatory focus. He is focused on international development and climate change issues to create sustainable change for people and planet, including: inclusive business and supply chains, value chain development, market systems development, climate resilience, adaptation and mitigation, carbon markets, risk management.
Job Titles:
- Junior Agribusiness Consultant
Job Titles:
- Senior Agribusiness Consultant
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Partner
- Team Member
Nicholas has spent his career specialising in agribusiness and investment throughout the Middle Eastern and Africa region. Nicholas has completed a number of retained roles, including in 2011/12 acting as Advisor to The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund, a $150 million KPMG managed fund focused on agri-sector investment in Africa. In 2013/14 Nicholas served as Advisor and Acting CIO for a proposed Africa food and agribusiness private equity fund, sponsored by Kenana Sugar Company, the world's largest integrated sugar company headquartered in Khartoum, Sudan. Nicholas also established the "Gulf Japan Food Fund", raising $390 million for the strategic investment fund concentrating on the food and agribusiness sectors in Japan, the GCC and neighbouring markets.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Partner
- Founder of Prorustica
- Team Member
Patrick, founder of Prorustica and an associate partner of Agri Frontier, has worked in the agribusiness sector for over 30 years. He has been influential in the development of innovative programs that support and encourage new agribusiness investments in the developing world. His early career saw him working with various UN agencies particularly in East Asia, central Europe and the Caribbean. He then moved to Rabobank and set up the global agri-project finance team in S.E. Asia. Patrick sees the new technology that is now available as providing a cost effective way for agribusinesses and their supply chains to connect, collaborate and invest. Patrick has been instrumental in the design and implementation of a number of agricultural public private partnerships in emerging markets and is well recognized as an expert in this field.
Job Titles:
- Junior Agribusiness Financial Consultant
- Team Member
Raphael has over 1-year experience offering business development support for agribusinesses in East and West Africa. He has significant experience in a range of business advisory services including business reviews, financial analysis and development of bankable business plans, market and feasibility studies, development of strategic plans and advising on corporate transactions for agribusinesses in East and West Africa.
Raphael is passionate about supporting African agribusinesses through expert advisory to help achieve food security and to make agribusiness profitable for the economic prosperity of the continent.
Raphael has a Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness Management & Trade from Kenyatta University.
Job Titles:
- Executive
- Recruitment Consultant
- Team Member
Sylvia is a seasoned professional in the field of Recruitment, bringing a wealth of experience from her tenure at recruitment firms and consultancy work for companies with short-term recruitment needs. Her extensive background covers various regions in Africa, where she has served prominent roles in both Multinational and Global organizations.
Sylvia's expertise includes recruiting for a diverse range of positions, including C-suite, managerial, and mid-level roles, across industries such as E-Commerce, Startups, SMEs, FMCG, Ed-tech, Agri-tech, Fin-tech, Telecommunications, Financial services, Hospitality, and Research firms. Prior to joining Agri Frontier, Sylvia held key positions at renowned international companies like Workforce Africa and Hallmark Recruitment. In these roles, she served as a Senior Lead Recruiter and a Talent Acquisition Specialist.
Sylvia holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management from St. Paul's University, with a specialization in Human Resources.
Job Titles:
- Recruitment Consultant
- Senior Executive