Amethis appoints two new partners

Amethis has announced the appointment of two new partners, Khady Koné-Dicoh and Jean-Thomas Lopez, bringing the number of partners in the firm to six.

Luc Rigouzzo and Laurent Demey said, “Amethis strengthens its senior team with these nominations, with the continuous objective of building a leading investor and partner for African corporates. Khady and Jean-Thomas, who joined the firm in 2013 and 2012, have been instrumental in the creation and development of Amethis over the past decade. Together with their fellow partners and the whole Amethis team, they will take an even more important role in our ambitious projects for the coming years, always serving our community of investors and partner companies.”

Khady Koné-Dicoh was raised in Côte d’Ivoire. She has 15 years of African private equity and investment banking experience. She joined Amethis eight years ago and led five investments and divestments for the company including investment and exit from the largest supermarket chain in Côte d’Ivoire, CDCI; investment in the leading LPG bottles distributor in Burkina Faso, Sodigaz; investment in the one-stop-shop logistics company, Velogic; and investment in the hospitality and leisure company in Mauritius, VLH. She particularly covers West and Southern Africa for Amethis.

Jean-Thomas Lopez is French and based in Luxembourg. As portfolio manager, he is responsible for portfolio management of the four Amethis vehicles and is also engaged in the direct supervision of some deals. He also supervises Amethis regulated Luxembourg Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM).

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