02The Trajectory

From trading floors to frontier-building.

Age 19

Cass Business School

Earns a Master’s degree in Finance — an early signal of a rare, restless intellect.

HSBC

Special Situations, Africa

Spearheads HSBC’s special-situations African effort, culminating in a landmark debt/equity hybrid for a leading Nigerian financial institution.

Merrill Lynch

Emerging Markets Origination

Originates and executes ground-breaking emerging-market transactions across Africa.

Goldman Sachs

Executive Director, New Markets

Leads Sub-Saharan Africa coverage across all products within Goldman Sachs’ New Markets division.

2009 → Now

Founder & CEO, TLG Capital

Builds an award-winning frontier-markets investment house — deploying patient, flexible capital into Africa & Asia and pioneering SME private credit at scale.