I am a highly motivated, self-starter, goal-oriented, dynamic, and energetic individual with 6-year experience in Project Management, Relationship management and advisory services with both the public and the Private Sector in DRC and Ghana. A good team player with extensive experience in working with international organization including the United Nations, I possess natural leadership qualities with strong communication, negotiating and organizational skills. I always maintain close relationships with my clients to secure their loyalty, who consequently entrust their business to me and thus help the whole team deliver market leading results. I have been able to build a very extensive network which means that I have been close to key decision makers and receive key heads up on emerging opportunities in DRC and Ghana. This has also meant that I have developed some very powerful close personal relationships with eminent individuals in key economic sectors, both public and private.
Currently, I am a Coverage banker at Trade and Development Bank (TDB) within the Coverage DRC and West Africa department where I participate in Project Origination, Project Development and Relationship Management. TDB is currently increasing its activities in the COMESA economic zone which covers 22 countries in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa, and is placing investment capital in Trade and in the development of infrastructure projects where it has a vested interest in sectors such as power, transportation, healthcare, and others which deliver high development impact for local communities. TDB established its regional office in Kinshasa in 2019, I was recruited to facilitate the setting-up of the office in 2018 before the coverage executive joined the bank, and under his supervision we managed to build our current $ 1,2 billion pipeline. My specific role is supporting the Coverage Executive/Regional Executive Director in implementing the Bank’s mandate in the Region. I originate and engage extensively with clients and product specialists within the bank to take transactions to financial close. I also engage extensively with the advisory unit on projects that are still at early development phase and help promoters to achieve bankability. I participate in high-level meetings with senior Bureaucrats across several ministries (Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Infrastructure, Ministry of Energy), Various DFIs and State-Owned Entities to deliver projects for broad-based economic development. I have participated and conducted on-site technical due diligence of various projects in the DRC and Ghana. Each financial year, I support the Executive Regional Director in the elaboration of strategy papers highlighting macroeconomic overview of each country and targeted sector where the team focuses on originating transaction. I support the elaboration of the annual budget for the entire region. I work with product specialists in onboarding Lenders Technical Advisor and reviewing various DD report taking note of reg flags identified.
My core skills and abilities comprise general business management, project origination, business development, project finance, Budget, Public Procurement, and report writing underpinned by a good understanding of the DRC and East African Market. I have a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (Germany) and have successfully completed courses on Trade Finance and Project Finance.