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Executive Leadership

Management Team

Dee Abudu
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Nick Francis
Chief Investment Officer
Rik Walia
Chief Commercial Officer
Tiago Pratas
Digital Assets Analyst
Vladimir Toplicic
Chief Solutions Architect
Board of Directors

Governance and Oversight

Dee Abudu
Founder & Director

30+ years in fintech and banking across Africa, GCC & Europe; former President & CRO of Onafriq.

30+ years in fintech, banking & digital transformation across Africa, GCC & Europe. Former President & CRO, Onafriq; founded and scaled Capricorn Digital to 200K+ agents before its acquisition by MFS Africa in 2021.

Morgan Stanley Lehman Brothers PwC Onafriq Goldman Sachs
John Ugbe
Director

30+ years in media and telecoms across Africa; former CEO of MultiChoice Nigeria.

30+ years in media, telecommunications, and digital broadcasting across Africa. Former CEO of MultiChoice Nigeria, where he led the business through a period of strong expansion and growth.

mweb iWayAfrica MultiChoice
Cassian Scott
Director

25+ years in investment banking and fintech leadership across Europe & Asia.

25+ years in investment banking, fintech & commercial leadership across Europe & Asia. Former SVP, Altus Analytics; CEO & Founder, Instinct Digital; senior roles at Deutsche Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland.

Altus Group Deutsche Bank Instinct
Fabrizio Ferrero
Director

25+ years in FIG investment banking; CEO & Managing Director of Exotix Advisory, Dubai.

25+ years in FIG investment banking. CEO & Managing Director of Exotix Advisory, Dubai. Spent 18 years at Morgan Stanley as MD, FIG EMEA, and Co-Head of Investment Banking at Tellimer; has executed 70+ M&A and capital-markets transactions.

Morgan Stanley Exotix Advisory Tellimer
Board of Advisors

Strategic Advisory

Omotayo Ogunlade
Advisor

Group CTO at Onafriq, with a decade of experience across software engineering, product, and fintech.

Group CTO at Onafriq, with deep experience leading technology, product, and innovation in fintech, mobile money, remittances, and agency banking. Previously head of technology and e-payment projects, he now drives tech strategy and innovation across Onafriq's services. A decade of experience spanning software engineering, product development, and enterprise systems, he combines technical depth with strategic leadership to deliver scalable, high-impact solutions.

Onafriq Baxi Upperlink
Petri Kivinen
Advisor

25+ years in capital markets; ex-Global Head of DCM at Dresdner Kleinwort and MD at Morgan Stanley.

25+ years in capital markets. Ex-Global Head of DCM (Dresdner Kleinwort) and MD at Morgan Stanley. Extensive EMEA deal experience, with a focus on debt raising, risk, and governance. Now active as a start-up co-founder and investor. He has held senior leadership roles across global financial institutions, leading complex fixed income and capital markets transactions across emerging markets.

Morgan Stanley Dresdner Kleinwort Credit Suisse Deutsche Bank Kivinen
Sanjay Gupta
Advisor

20+ years in private equity and venture capital across the US, Europe & Canada.

20+ years in private equity, venture capital & fintech across US, Europe & Canada. Former MD, UBP (Global Head of Private Equity); ex-Schroders Capital & CDPQ. Led investments across primary funds, deploying billions of dollars across global markets. He began his career in investment banking at Lehman Brothers, bringing deep expertise in capital allocation and institutional investing.

UBP Schroders CDPQ
Rupert Graham
Advisor

15+ years in systematic options and volatility trading; Portfolio Manager at ADIA, ex-Walleye Capital and Citadel Securities.

15+ years in systematic options and volatility trading. Currently Portfolio Manager at ADIA; previously at Walleye Capital, WorldQuant, and Citadel Securities (Head of European Options). Began his career in equity derivatives trading at Morgan Stanley.

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