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Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes

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

Lagos State, Nigeria

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About

Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes is the Founder and Managing Partner of Aruwa Capital Management, a women-owned and managed early-stage growth equity fund investing in West African small to lower mid-market companies. With 15 years of experience in investment banking and private equity at institutions including J.P. Morgan, she launched Aruwa Capital at age 29 and became the first female solo General Partner to raise over $10 million in an institutional first fund in Nigeria. She has been recognized as a Top 35 Woman Moving Africa Forward (2020), Top 100 global leader combining profit and purpose (2021), Top 100 African leader under 40 (2022), and Top 50 Inspiring Woman in Nigeria (2022).

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

Ivana I. Osagie
Investor at Rising Tide Africa (RTA)

Frequently asked questions

Who is Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes?
Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes is the Founder and Managing Partner of Aruwa Capital Management, a women-owned and managed early-stage growth equity fund investing in West African small to lower mid-market companies. With 15 years of experience in investment banking and private equity at institutions including J.P. Morgan, she launched Aruwa Capital at age 29 and became the first female solo General Partner to raise over $10 million in an institutional first fund in Nigeria. She has been recognized as a Top 35 Woman Moving Africa Forward (2020), Top 100 global leader combining profit and purpose (2021), Top 100 African leader under 40 (2022), and Top 50 Inspiring Woman in Nigeria (2022).
Where does Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes work?
Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes is Founder & 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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