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Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes

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Founder and Managing Partner at Aruwa Capital · Investor at Rising Tide Africa (RTA)

Lagos State, Nigeria

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About

Founder and Managing Partner of Aruwa Capital, an advocate for women as capital allocators and for closing the gender funding gap in African investing.

Experience

  1. Aruwa Capital ManagementFounder & Managing Partnercurrent2019 — presentNigeria
  2. World Economic ForumYoung Global Leadercurrent2026 — present
  3. IMAGINEIMAGINE Leadercurrent2025 — present
  4. Coronation Asset ManagementNon Executive Directorcurrent2023 — presentLagos State, Nigeria
  5. OmniRetail AfricaBoard Observercurrent2022 — present
  6. PEVCA NigeriaNon Executive Directorcurrent2023 — presentLagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
  7. MDaaS GlobalNon Executive Directorcurrent2023 — present
  8. YIKODEEN COMPANY LIMITEDNon Executive Directorcurrent2025 — present
  9. Wemy Industries LtdNon Executive Directorcurrent2021 — presentLagos, Nigeria
  10. KoolboksNon Executive Directorcurrent2021 — presentLagos, Nigeria
  11. AgroEknorNon Executive Directorcurrent2021 — presentKano, Nigeria
  12. Lifestores HealthcareNon Executive Directorcurrent2022 — presentLagos, Nigeria
  13. Syntaxis CapitalPartner & Managing Director, Syntaxis Africa2014 — 2019Lagos, Nigeria
  14. J.P. MorganAcquisition & Leveraged Finance2013 — 2014London, United Kingdom
  15. J.P. MorganInvestment Banking - Mergers and Acquisitions2011 — 2013London, United Kingdom
  16. TLG CapitalInvestment Analyst2011London
  17. J.P. Morgan CazenoveInvestment Banking2010London, United Kingdom
  18. Lehman BrothersInvestment Banking2008London, United Kingdom

Skills & more

Valuation66Financial Modeling73Corporate Finance31Mergers8Investment Banking34Bloomberg11LBO13DCF9Equities12Equity Capital Markets8Alternative Investments11Bloomberg Terminal10
+8 moreCapital MarketsEconomicsEmerging MarketsEquity ValuationFinancial AnalysisFinancial MarketsHedge FundsLeveraged Finance

Languages Spanish (Conversational)

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Colleagues at Aruwa Capital

Adesola Sotande-Peters
Investment Committee at Aruwa Capital
Aminat Salako
Senior Investment Associate at Aruwa Capital
Ayooluwa Aseweje
Investment Associate at Aruwa Capital
Christian Ekpo
Principal at Aruwa Capital
Dotun Sulaiman
Investment Committee at Aruwa Capital
Hannah Subayi
Investment Committee at Aruwa Capital
Ivana Osagie
Investor at Rising Tide Africa (RTA)
Kusumi Said
EA to the Founder at Aruwa Capital

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Who is Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes?
Founder and Managing Partner of Aruwa Capital, an advocate for women as capital allocators and for closing the gender funding gap in African investing.
Where does Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes work?
Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes is Founder and Managing Partner at Aruwa Capital.
Where did Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes go to school?
Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes studied at University of Oxford (Oxford Leadership Experience by IMAGINE); University of Bristol (Bsc, Economics); Atlantic Hall, Lagos Nigeria.

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