Team

Patrizia Canova
Head of Communication and Strategic Partnership

Sara Mburugu
Investment Associate

Elisabet Nyquist
General Manager

Aarthi Ramasu-bramanian
Fund Manager
OPES-LCEF
Via Abbondio Sangiorgio 13 - 20145 Milano, Italy - Tel: +39 0282875666
Consolidated Bank House - Second Floor, Suite 203/205 - Koinange Street - P.O Box 50064-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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Carolyne Kirabo brings more than 15 years of experience in investment finance, management consulting and business advisory support. Carolyne is a recognized Impact and Gender Lens investing pioneer in East Africa, having led funds including Mango Fund, Yunus Social Business and Mercy Corps Ventures.
During her work she has successfully built expertise in supporting impact investment funds and enterprise support organizations to adopt gender smart strategies. Some of these strategies included integrating gender considerations across investment processes, designing pre and post investment support with a gender lens, and designing impact management strategies that drive fair representation of gender across value chains.
She holds an MBA from Edinburgh Business School and is an Alumni with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
She has served as a steering committee member of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs East Africa Chapter and on the Board of Directors of Finding XY and United Social Ventures.
Carolyne Kirabo vanta oltre 15 anni di esperienza nel campo della finanza d’investimento, della consulenza gestionale e del supporto alle imprese. Carolyne è una riconosciuta pioniera degli investimenti d’impatto e di genere in Africa orientale, avendo guidato fondi come Mango Fund, Yunus Social Business e Mercy Corps Ventures.
Nel corso del suo lavoro ha acquisito un’esperienza nel sostenere i fondi di investimento a impatto e le organizzazioni di sostegno alle imprese ad adottare strategie intelligenti dal punto di vista del genere. Alcune di queste strategie comprendono l’integrazione delle considerazioni di genere nei processi di investimento, la progettazione di un supporto pre e post investimento con un approccio gender lens e la progettazione di strategie di gestione dell’impatto che favoriscano un’equa rappresentazione di genere nelle catene del valore.
Ha conseguito un MBA presso la Edinburgh Business School ed è Alumni dell’Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
È stata membro del comitato direttivo dell’Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs East Africa Chapter e del Consiglio di amministrazione di Finding XY e United Social Ventures.
An expert in Media Literacy, intercultural communication and cinema who has authored numerous educational and social documentaries, Patrizia has been a teacher by passion for 35 years. She served as Head of Communication and Advisor to the ACRA Foundation for 17 years. Since the early 1990s, Patrizia has also worked as a media and cinema consultant and trainer for Cinecittà Holding, MIUR, IRRSAE Lombardia, AGIS Lombarda, the Cinematographic Activity Sector of the Lombardy Region, the Autonomous Province of Trento and several other Italian provinces. She is a member of the Board of Directors of CEM (Centro educazione alla Mondialità).
Sara, prior to joining OPES-LCEF, spent over 8 years executing corporate deals in the Capital Markets and supporting SMEs to become bankable by providing bespoke technical assistance and support through business advisory services and linking clients to financiers, markets and relevant resources. She is passionate about tackling climate change, creative deal structuring, the detective work of due diligence to uncover the growth potential in businesses and most of all, linking these businesses to resources as I believe that funding the missing middle is a lynchpin to growing these businesses to the next level and alleviating poverty.
Solid CEO and general management experience in small and medium sized companies achieving positive financial results and growth. She joined McKinsey & Company in 1987 after various work experiences in Sweden. She collaborated on projects in Scandinavia, Italy and Russia. Since 1991 she has been permanently operating in Italy where she has has been CEO for various companies, and member of the Board also of companies listed on the stock exchange. She has worked in the non-profit sector as consultant and Board member.
Specialties include:
She graduated in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Stockholm and obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), from INSEAD, France.
Investitore, consulente e imprenditore, Aarthi ha trascorso l’ultimo decennio in diversi segmenti del settore di investimenti a impatto, l’imprenditorialità e investimenti bancari.
Ha anche contribuito a progettare un approccio basato sull’obiettivo di genere negli investimenti nelle prime fasi delle imprese. Nel corso della sua carriera ha investito oltre 30 milioni di dollari in società, facilitato investimenti di 80 milioni di dollari in fondi di fondi e ha inoltre guidato operazioni di fusione e acquisizione.
Essendo imprenditrice, ha la capacità di cogliere gli aspetti sia dal punto di vista dell’investitore che da quello dell’imprenditore.
Ha conseguito un Diploma post-laurea in Management, con indirizzo in Finanza presso il KJ Somaiya Institute e una laurea in biotecnologia industriale presso Anna University in India.
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