SouthBridge Group appoints new senior partner
SouthBridge Group, a pan-African financial services firm offering solutions to public and private clients across Africa, has appointed Dr. Frannie Léautier as a senior partner, having successfully served as a non-executive board member and chairperson of the group’s board risk and audit committee.
Dr. Léautier will be responsible for new business development and will pursue the group’s ambitious strategy of growth in markets with demand for advisory services as well as taking on responsibility for investment activities.
Dr. Léautier is a highly experienced and well-known finance and development expert, with long-standing global experience leading and transforming organisations in the private, public and not-for-profit spheres. She has held various leadership roles at the Trade and Development Bank (TDB) Group, including vice-chair of the board and special advisor to the president, before becoming TDB’s first chief operating officer. She also led the asset management business of TDB, including the recent launch of a unique product for trade finance in Africa.
She has also founded two companies:
– The Fezembat Group, which was dedicated to providing risk management and support through advisory services to the top leadership of companies investing in mining, infrastructure and energy in developing and emerging markets.
– Mkoba Private Equity Fund, which was founded to invest in small and medium-sized enterprises in Africa.
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