CEI Africa

CEO and co-founder of Triple Jump, responsible for overall strategy, business development and portfolio management, with prior banking and consulting roles at FMO, KBC and ING Bank. Serves on CEI Africa's Executive Board.

Program manager and SME support specialist with over ten years focused on African markets, with a track record in cross-sector partnerships and program delivery.

Independent director with broad expertise in financial services, emerging markets and governance. She helped establish the Development Bank of Austria (OeEB) and served on its Executive Board for a decade, and now sits on boards of microfinance funds and a microfinance bank.

Head of Division, Infrastructure Southern Africa at KfW since 1993, overseeing a roughly EUR 1.5 billion portfolio focused on renewable energy, energy efficiency and transport. She chairs CEI Africa's Supervisory Council.

Market development support officer who previously worked as an independent agri-business consultant in Kenya.

Legal counsel for direct investments who joined Triple Jump in 2024, previously advising clients at a corporate services provider in Amsterdam on corporate, private equity and debt matters, with over ten years of legal experience.

Impact investment expert who began in banking and risk management in 1995 and served as CIO and Deputy CEO of responsAbility Investments. Since 2018 he has worked as an independent board member and strategic advisor in impact investing.

COO on CEI Africa's Executive Board, previously spent over 12 years at Kempen Capital Management in project management, operations and institutional relations roles, and earlier worked as a private banker at Van Lanschot Bankiers.

Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with five years of experience in dispute resolution, energy and natural resource law. At GreenMax she leads preparation of grant and concessional loan agreements for CEI Africa's RBF window.

ESG professional with over five years integrating ESG standards in clean energy portfolios across Sub-Saharan Africa, previously an environmental and social safeguards consultant on World Bank and EU-funded energy projects.

Renewable energy specialist with over a decade in on- and off-grid project development and power sector planning in Africa. As Director of GreenMax's Africa Transaction Advisory Group he provides financial and transaction advisory across clean energy technologies.

Investment manager with over 15 years in impact investing across emerging markets, with an earlier background as an engineer in the power plant industry and in cleantech venture capital.

Risk and investment professional with over four years in finance who supports implementation of CEI Africa's RBF window at GreenMax. He previously spent three years on the risk management team at the African Guarantee Fund.

Renewable energy specialist with over ten years of experience financing off-grid projects in Africa. Before joining Triple Jump in early 2023 she set up a World Bank-funded results-based finance facility for off-grid solar in Madagascar.

Advisor with 10 years in international cooperation, rural electrification and renewable energy, previously a rural electrification advisor at GiZ in Benin and Togo. At GreenMax he supports the Smart Outcomes component of CEI Africa's RBF window.

Corporate secretary who previously practiced law in corporate ethics, international contracts and trade, advising public entities in Latin America and SME associations, and worked at the Registry of the International Criminal Court.

Legal professional experienced in corporate and commercial law, investment transactions and regulatory compliance. At GreenMax she supports CEI Africa implementation, including grant agreements and legal review of transactions.

Fund administrator who previously supervised financial institutions at the National Bank of Georgia. She holds a business administration degree from the Free University of Tbilisi and is pursuing the CFA charter.

Investment associate with over four years in impact investing, having worked in investment teams at Lendahand and Persistent focused on off-grid energy and financial institutions. Holds a master's in management engineering with a finance major.

Development sector professional with a decade of experience, including work on green mini-grids in Tanzania. At GreenMax he manages the technical assistance component of CEI Africa. Holds an M.Sc. in Economics from Umea University.

Fund accounting manager with over ten years in reporting and audit of private equity funds, previously an assistant manager at PwC in Luxembourg and Zurich. He is a CFA charterholder with a master's in market finance from Toulouse.

Joined Triple Jump in 2025 supporting CEI Africa's technical assistance projects across ESG, market insights and business development, having previously been a manager in DAI Global's Sustainable Business Group.

Joined Triple Jump in 2023 supporting CEI Africa's project management team. She co-founded Urban Sprout, a vertical agriculture startup in Kenya, and previously worked on greenhouse and agricultural value chain development in Israel.