Mr. Tony Cotrupe, CFA is Managing Director Meliora Advisors, LLC where his work is focused on the valuation of assets and businesses for transactions, financing, business dispute, and tax reporting purposes. He is CFA Charterholder and earned a BA in political science and an MBA in finance and economics, both from The University of Rochester. […]
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Dr Namukale Chintu is a Non-Executive Director on the boards of Invesco UK and Invesco Asset Management Ltd in London. In her corporate career, she was a Senior Banker at EFG Private Bank and prior to that, at UBS Wealth Management; responsible for Private Clients with African and Central and Eastern European wealth. Before that, she was Head of Global Proprietary Capital investing in UBS Asset Management. Prior to UBS, She was Co-Head of Africa at Syntaxis Capital and before the 2008 financial crisis, held capital market roles at Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers. Prior to starting her career in financial services, she worked for the United Nations Development Program in aid coordination.
Dr Chintu consults with Frontier Market Consultants London, set up as an exclusive advisory services company that builds long term relationships with clients. She is also the National Secretary for the Rhodes Scholarships in Zambia.
Dr Chintu holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, where she also taught on the school’s Executive MBA programme. She also holds two MScs in Financial Economics and Management Research from the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and a BA in Economics from the University of Zambia as a Bank of Zambia Scholar.
Our leadership and continuous professional development services include Board and C-Suite packages that range from governance and strategic planning to other latest industry trends, as well as personalised coaching for executives.
Mr. Sanjeev Gupta grew up in India and obtained a bachelor degree in electrical engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He followed this up with a Master’s in Business Science from the London Business School U.K. His illustrious career in banking and finance spans over 30 years starting with banks in India in retail & corporate banking, including establishing a successful Non-Resident Indian business for Standard Chartered and then worked with them in the UK & Tanzania. In Tanzania he established the Consumer banking business for the Bank and thereafter joined ABN Amro in London in Global Transaction Services. In 2005 he joined UBS AG in the UK as a private banker and became Head of the Turkey, Israel, Greece and Africa teams within the Bank. In 2016 Sanjeev established the Africa coverage for Emirates NBD Private Banking in Dubai and later moved to manage the Africa team at Julius Baer (Middle East) Ltd where he was Managing Director Senior Advisor. He left Julius Baer in June 2020 to establish own financial coaching venture in London – Master Money Limited which seeks to help young professionals to manage money and build financial security. He is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors of Imani Capital, a Boutique Asset Management Company
Mr. Tony Cotrupe, CFA is Managing Director Meliora Advisors, LLC where his work is focused on the valuation of assets and businesses for transactions, financing, business dispute, and tax reporting purposes. He is CFA Charterholder and earned a BA in political science and an MBA in finance and economics, both from The University of Rochester. Tony has worked in business valuation, investment banking, private equity and venture capital for over 30 years. Before forming Meliora Advisors in 2008, he worked in premier global institutions including Ernst & Young, JPMorgan, and Huron Consulting Group where he led valuation and structuring for large corporate transactions.
Widely travelled, a wild-life and adventure sport enthusiast, Coach and Training & Development Consultant, Professor Ayaz Shafi has over 3 decades of experience in academia and industry. He is the author of “A New Approach to Motivation – Four Drive Model” (Taylor & Francis, International Journal for Human Behaviour in Social Environment). He is an Associate Professor at United world School of Business – Kolkata and a visiting faculty at University of Professional Studies, Accra (Ghana). Among other leading institutions in Africa and India, he has been a Guest Lecturer at University of the West of England (Bristol, U.K.) Ayaz is a certified Chally and DISC Assessor with wide ranging experience as an Assessor. He has been involved in the T&D and Change Management process at Standard in Chartered Bank in Zambia, Ghana, Botswana, Nigeria and Sierra Leonne. Ayaz coaches senior professionals and individuals for greater effectiveness in business and personal life. He has held senior positions as a corporate professional.
David Burton is a Property Consultant specialising in Investment, Asset and Development Management and Corporate Real Estate. He has 30 years’ experience in the property industry in the UK and in Africa and is the founding partner of Property Lynx, a niche consultancy that capitalises on investment and development opportunities in Africa and the UK. David has acted for both commercial property owners and property occupiers in office, retail, industrial and mixed-use leisure assets. He provides strategic real estate, portfolio and FM advice to Country, Regional and Group Boards. David’s experience has been gained at Gerald Eve (graduate surveyor), Weatherall Green & Smith (Senior Surveyor), Knight Frank Botswana (Managing Partner), Savills (Associate Director) and Standard Chartered Bank (Head of Corporate Real Estate Services Africa and Regional Portfolio Manager). David is an expert in valuation, acquisition and sale of property investments in all sectors of the commercial property market across the UK and has acted for Corporate and Private Clients from UK and Southern Africa. David qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1989 and whilst in Botswana sat on the RICS Committee for eight years.
Mr. Matthew Nash spent over 20 years working for top tier Private Banks, including HSBC and Standard Chartered, advising High Net Worth families and actively involved in investment advice, foreign exchange, cross border investment, property lending and development, trusts and offshore structures. He also worked closely with the corporate and investment banks at both institutions on corporate transactions originated from the Private Bank. He has spent the last 4 years working at a Nigerian based corporate advisory firm working on corporate transactions from across the sub-Saharan African region. He is a member of the Institute of Financial Services and Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment.