About
Patrice Backer is a Partner and Chief Investment Officer at AFIG Funds, a private equity fund management company based in Senegal. The firm's investment activities are focused on Africa.
Experience
- AFIG FUNDSPartner & Chief Investment Officercurrent2005 — presentDakar Region, Senegal
- Tecnicil IndústriaNon Executive Board Membercurrent2017 — presentPraia, Praia, Cape Verde
- FSDH Merchant Bank (FSDH)Non Executive Board Membercurrent2017 — presentLagos State, Nigeria
- Nouvelle Mici EmbaciNon-Executive Board Membercurrent2023 — presentAbidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
- African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA)Board Membercurrent2022 — present
- PAL PensionsNon Executive Board Member2018 — 2025Lagos State, Nigeria
- Global Partnership for EducationIndependent Member, Finance and Risk Committee2021 — 2023
- PromoCapital Haiti S.A.Managing Director2003 — 2005Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- BCR Management Inc.Vice President1998 — 2003United States
- J.P. MorganVice President, Emerging Markets1993 — 1998New York, NY
Education
- The Wharton SchoolMBA, International Finance1991 — 1993
- University of PennsylvaniaMA, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences / International Studies1991 — 1993
- The Lauder Institute - University of PennsylvaniaJoint MBA/MA (Fellow), International/Global Studies1991 — 1993
- Harvard UniversityBachelor's degree, Engineering Sciences1985 — 1988
Skills & more
Strategy12Management29Private Equity99Emerging Markets93Investments75Asset Management47Africa15Latin America3Asset Managment6Investment Banking12Corporate Finance25Finance54
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EntrepreneurshipValuationVenture CapitalFundingMergers & AcquisitionsFinancial StructuringDue DiligenceHedge FundsFinancial MarketsFinancial ModelingStart-upsCorporate DevelopmentLanguages English · French · Haitian Creole · Spanish
- Advanced Strategy for Directors Programme — INSEAD Executive Education
- Data Science Methodology — Coursera
- Tools for Data Science — Coursera
- Data Science Orientation — Coursera
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