Unlocking Private Equity Opportunities in Emerging Markets - Investors' Lunch

Yalin joined LeapFrog as Partner and Global Head of Investor Solutions in 2022. He is a 25-year veteran of the private equity industry, most recently as Partner, Fundraising and Investor Relations, for global private equity firm Cinven in London, with responsibility for fundraising and investor coverage in Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. Prior to this role, Yalin was in the deal team at Cinven, where he was a member of the Business Services sector team and led the regional team for Emerging Europe. He previously spent over eight years with J.P. Morgan Partners, in New York and London, completing a number of buyout, growth equity, venture capital, and debt investments in a variety of sectors across Western and Eastern Europe, as well as the USA. Yalin is a co-Founder of Turkey Mozaik Foundation, a UK-based organisation with a mission to promote and support local civil society organisations in Turkey. He is also on the Advisory Board of Yeşilist, leading Turkish green and sustainable living platform.

Sridhar joined Global Environment Fund as a Managing Director in 2012 before co-founding GEF Capital Partners in 2018. He was involved in investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency related businesses and responsible for providing overall guidance to the South Asia investment program of Global Environment Fund. Sridhar has over 30 years of experience investing in Indian public and private markets. Prior to joining Global Environment Fund, he worked for JRE Partners in Mumbai, where he led minority, growth capital investments in a variety of rapidly advancing sectors within India. Prior to JRE Partners, he served as Vice President of Direct Investments (India) for American International Group (AIG). He invested both the proprietary capital of AIG and third party private equity funds managed by AIG. He began his career with Zurich Asset Management India/ITC Threadneedle AMC India as the Head of Fixed Income, responsible for the portfolio management, trading, fixed income research, and the monthly communications to investors. He holds a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology BHU (IIT-BHU) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.

Genevieve Sangudi is a Partner at Alterra Capital Partners, a leading Africa-focused private equity fund manager with $800m in assets under management that was formed in 2020 via a spin-out of The Carlyle Group’s Africa team. With over 20 years of experience, Ms. Sangudi has held senior leadership roles as a private equity investor, portfolio manager, and board director, leading and managing investments across more than 30 African countries in numerous sectors such as healthcare, logistics, consumer & retail, and financial services. Prior to forming Alterra, Ms. Sangudi was Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, where she remains a Senior Advisor. She was also previously a Partner at Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), another Africa-focused private equity manager. Ms. Sangudi began her career in business development at Procter & Gamble. Ms. Sangudi is Vice Chair of the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA), a pan-African industry body that promotes private equity and venture capital investment in Africa, advocating for policies and fostering collaboration to drive economic growth across the continent. She was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2015. Ms. Sangudi received an MBA from Columbia Business School, an MA in International Affairs from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs and a BA from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN. She is a Tanzanian national and is based in Johannesburg.

Babatunde Soyoye is a co-founder of Helios Investment Partners and co-CEO of Helios Fairfax Partners. A key figure in African investment, driving economic growth by connecting global capital with African opportunities. With over 25 years of investment experience, he previously held senior positions at TPG Capital, British Telecom, and Singapore Telecom. He has overseen more than $7 billion in global investments. He holds a BEng and MBA from the University of London and is fluent in Yoruba.

Ralph joined responsAbility in Sept 2022 as Head of Fund Investments. In this capacity he also acts as the Chief Investment Officer responsible for managing the Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets ("SIFEM"). Before, he spent 16 years in the Private Equity funds group of the IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group. He was based in Washington DC, Johannesburg and Singapore as Head of PE/Fund operations for various Emerging Market regions. Previously, Ralph spent nearly 5 years with TBG (now part of KfW Group) doing direct Venture Capital (VC) deals and funds in Germany before joining Canada's 2nd largest pension fund, CDPQ in Montréal, where he managed a portfolio of VC funds in North America and Europe. During his 25 years in the Private Equity (PE) funds industry, and working for 3 different institutional investors, he was directly responsible for investments in well over 100 PE funds across all regions of the world. He holds a MA in Economics from the University of Bonn and a post-graduate degree in Finance and Management (Dean's Honour List and recipient of the American Express Award for outstanding academic achievements) from McGill University.

CEO of responsAbility since 2016. Over 30 years of experience in financial sector development, banking and emerging market private debt and equity investments. Member of supervisory boards of financial institutions and funds for 15 years. Established two private equity permanent capital structures for responsAbility. Designed legal framework for the microfinance sector in 8 countries and worked as consultant to governments and regulators in over 40 emerging markets. Studied Economics and Mathematics.

Member of Executive Management in charge of Private Equity and Fund Investments. Over 25 years experience in development finance across over 40 emerging markets, including more than 15 years as private equity investor. Built a USD 300 million private equity portfolio across four investment vehicles focusing on microfinance, banking and fintech. Numerous non-executive board positions in financial institutions, funds and industry associations . Studied Business Administration and Economics at the Freie Universität, Berlin.