Ronald is a Non-Executive Director of the Board and serves as a Member of the Executive, Audit and Risk and Nominations Committees.

He is a seasoned professional with over 25 years’ experience in private equity, investment banking and emerging markets. Ronald is a founding Partner and Head of sub-Saharan Africa at Affirma Capital, an independent emerging market private equity firm owned and operated by the long-standing former senior leadership of Standard Chartered Private Equity. The Affirma Capital Africa team has invested approximately USD1 billion in businesses in the telecommunications, banking, retail, manufacturing, energy, agriculture and consumer goods sectors across the continent