AGF Service Providers
Awards 2024

Stuart Bradley

Managing Partner, Phatisa

Stuart has over 25 years of private equity experience in Africa with CDC Capital Partners, Aureos Capital and Phatisa Group. During his career, Stuart has raised over US$ 1 billion for private equity funds in Africa. Prior to founding Phatisa, Stuart was managing partner of the US$ 50 million Aureos Southern Africa Fund in Johannesburg, South Africa. Before joining Aureos Capital, Stuart was general manager of Takura Ventures in Zimbabwe, where he had overall responsibility for the Fund's success. Stuart was a board member of the Southern African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (SAVCA) as well as a prior member of Emerging Markets Private Equity Association's (EMPEA) (now GIPC) Frontier Markets Council.

Kasief Isaacs

Head: Private Markets, Mergence

Kasief joined Mergence in 2015. He has 19 years of experience in the financial services industry. As Senior Investment Principal, he has a specific focus on energy, infrastructure, and impact within SA and SADC. He leads the Private Markets Investment Team, which has built up a stellar performance record over the past decade. Kasief has prior extensive international and local experience in SA's renewable energy market. He is an experienced conference speaker and media commentator.

Craig Stanley

Chief Operating Officer, Partner, Enko Capital Management

Craig is Chief Operating Officer at Enko Capital, an Africa-focused investment firm based in London and Johannesburg, with offices in Cote d'Ivoire, Mauritius, Cameroon, and Rwanda managing an absolute return Africa debt fund, Africa ex-SA private equity, Africa ex-SA ESG/Impact private credit. He has over 26 years of investment experience at asset management and consulting firms. Over his career, he has lived and worked in the U.S., Japan, Australia, and the United Kingdom. For the past 15+ years Craig has been immersed in the African and global frontier space in listed equities, debt, real estate, private equity, and private debt. Prior to joining Enko, Craig was a Managing Director at Terra Partners, a global frontier hedge fund manager. He has authored dozens of articles and white papers on a wide range of frontier capital market and economic topics. In 2023, Craig joined the Board of Alpha Initiatives, a start-up portfolio, order and risk management system specializing in credit and fixed income markets. Craig earned his B.A. in Political Economy from New York University at the age of 20 (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), and pursued MA studies in Japanese at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Craig was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2005.

Arnold A. Dublin-Green

Chief Investment Officer, Cordros Asset Management

Arnold A. Dublin-Green is the Chief Investment Officer of Cordros Asset Management overseeing multiple investment products and solutions. He has over 16 years of experience in diverse capital market, in the finance industry. In his four years in Europe he majored in Securities and Derivatives trading before expanding his career into Africa. He was a Director and Head of global markets at Apakan Securities in Ghana covering multiple asset classes as well as business development strategies. Earlier, he was a Senior Vice President in Ecobank Asset Management, where he was a Senior Portfolio Manager on the Middle Africa Fixed Income and Currency trading desk. He also worked as the Head of Execution in African Alliance in Johannesburg, as well as a co-Portfolio Manager at Nubuke Investments in London, Managing over $120m in a Pan African focused Strategy.

Rémi Burdairon

Chief Investment Officer, Kessner Capital Management

Rémi Burdairon, a seasoned leader in the agricultural commodities sector, began his career as a financial analyst in London in 1985. He has held key roles with global firms like Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Ameropa, and BTG Pactual, leading significant market developments across Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. Rémi's work has spanned CEO positions, fund management, and launching biotech ventures. Currently, he focuses on bridging funding gaps and enhancing commodity supply chains through Atria Trade Investments in Africa. He recently joined Kessner Capital Management as CIO for a newly established credit fund and is involved in introducing commodity tokenization in Africa with the agri-fintech company WHRRL. Rémi is a graduate of ESSEC business school, born in Senegal, and has a profound 30+ year connection to Africa.