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Mr Christopher Chege
Christopher has over 20 years extensive experience in setting up and managing housing finance operations; from deal origination and underwriting to processing and has also been closely involved in business turnaround situations across Pan African flagship institutions.
He is also a contributing member to industry umbrella bodies and societies including the African Real Estate Society (AFRES), the Global Real Estate Society (GRI), the East African Property Investments (EAPI) and serves as a keynote speaker at Makerere University’s School of Real Estate.
Mr. Yankho Chitsime
Mr. Yankho Chitsime has 14 years’ experience in executive management and deals making in the affordable housing space, including principal investing, property development, project finance advisory work, debt capital raising, and financial management in South Africa and numerous countries across the African continent. Yankho holds a BBA in Accounting (Andrews University, Michigan, USA), Postgraduate training in Property Development (UCT, RSA) and Management Development (GIBS, RSA).
Mr. Edmond Adjikpe
With over 18 years of experience in the banking and investment industry, Edmond is a seasoned professional with a strong track record in structuring and financing integrated large-scale projects. He worked in commercial banking for Ecobank and at Shelter-Afrique, a Development Financial Institution, where He held various levels of responsibility including Regional Business Manager for North, West, and Central Africa.
He holds an MBA in Banking and Finance from the African Centre of Higher Education in Management (CESAG – Dakar Senegal) and an Engineer Degree in Statistics and Demography from the High School of Applied Economy (ESEA – Ex ENEA. Dakar Senegal). His expertise includes bank financing, financial services, and market finance, as well as the structuring and financing of residential and commercial real estate programs.
In addition to his work experience, he served on the Board of Directors of the Regional Mortgage Refinancing Fund of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (CRRH-UEMOA) and was previously a member of the Credit Committee of Ecobank Benin. He also served as Head of Department Public Sector & Local Corporates at Ecobank Benin and Head of Division Studies/Research – Informal Sector & Employment at INSAE Benin (Ministry of Development). Edmond is Fluent in both French and English.
Zachary Kanyatta Munene
An accomplished Banker, Investment and Finance Specialist, Zachary leads the development and execution of Shelter Afrique’s strategy for Financial Institutions Group (FIG) across Africa. He also provides Regional Business leadership across all products in Eastern Africa.
Zachary holds a First Class Honors Degree in Economics (Moi University, Kenya) and a Masters Degree in Economics (University of Botswana). He also holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Project Planning, Appraisal and Financing from the University of Bradford, United Kingdom. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Business Administration (Finance Option) with research interest on how capital markets can be harnessed to provide sustainable housing and infrastructure financing solutions in Africa.
With over 20 years’ banking experience spanning across commercial banking and international development finance institutions, Zachary has led successful investments (equity and debt) in many financial institutions and housing infrastructure projects across multiple markets in Africa. Prior to his current role, Zachary served as the Regional Business Manager for Eastern and Southern Africa Regions and before that, he was Shelter Afrique’s Regional Representative and Regional Business Manager for Anglophone West Africa, based in Abuja – Nigeria.
Mr. Bernard Oketch
Bernard is a Kenyan national. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration majoring in strategic management from the University of Nairobi and a Bachelor Degree in Business Information Technology from Strathmore University. He has over twelve years of work experience in enterprise risk management.
He previously worked for Deloitte & Touche in the Risk Advisory practice for nine years from 2007 to 2016 before joining the Co-operative Bank of Kenya, a top tier one bank, as a Senior Risk Manager, where he worked for three years before joining Shelter Afrique. His key achievements include many years of developing and implementing enterprise risk management programmes.
Houda Boudlali
Houda is a Moroccan national. She is the proud holder of two Masters degree, one in International law from Hassan II University in Casablanca, Morocco and the other in Business Law from the University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD) in France.
She brings on board 14 years’ experience of practising law from established law firms and the banking industry. Her last engagement was at the Bank of Africa holding where she was the Group Corporate Legal Manager. In her previous roles, she provided legal counsel to project financing, investment appraisals, contracts management, undertaking legal audits among others. She is trilingual as she speaks Arabic, English and French fluently.
Dr. Muhammad Gambo
Dr. Gambo is a Nigerian National. He is a Quantity Surveyor, Public Private Partnerships (PPP) transaction advisor and Sustainable Development advocate with expertise in consulting, lecturing, strategic and policy research.
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy and Master’s in Real Estate and Facilities Management from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia; And a bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. He is a registered Quantity Surveyor and a member of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors.
Furthermore, Dr Gambo is a member of the United Nations University acknowledged Regional Center of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development; Member of Community of Practice (CoP) on Financing for Development, United Nations Institute for Training & Research (UNITAR); And Expert, Inclusive Policy Lab at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Dr Gambo has a track record of publications including several International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) recognized journals and conference proceedings.
His research and policy interests includes affordable housing delivery, innovative financing techniques for infrastructure projects, infrastructure reform and regulation, built environment research techniques & methodology and sustainable development.
Juliette Kavaruganda
Mrs. Juliette Kavaruganda is a Rwandan national. She is a holder of a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Louvain (UCL, Louvain la Neuve) Belgium, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Institute of Legal Practice and Development and an Advanced Degree in Law, management of Information and Communication Technologies from Faculté Universitaire Notre Dame de la Paix of Namur, Belgium.
She brings on board 15+ years’ experience of practicing law from established law firms providing professional legal advice to different organizations and specifically near to 10 years of corporate governance, banking and insurance experience with several organizations in Africa. Her leverage is in international legal background in Europe and Africa, with a strong capacity to synthesize critical issues with various stakeholders, including Boards, CEO’s and Shareholders. She is Bilingual as she speaks English and French fluently.
Charles Kazuka
Charles Kazuka pursued his undergraduate studies at Makerere University (Kampala, Uganda) and postgraduate studies at the University of Leicester (UK). He has more than 20 years’ experience in transformational and strategic Human Resources across East, West and Southern Africa. Charles’s experience is mostly in the financial services sector having worked as HR director for leading institutions such as Barclays Bank (Tanzania and Ghana) NMB Bank (Tanzania) and was the regional HR director for East and West Africa for British Petroleum (BP).
He joins us from Pharo Ventures, a leading Social Enterprise in Kenya. Charles is also a chartered certified HR professional.