Helios was founded in 2004 by Tope Lawani and Babatunde Soyoye, and has since grown into the largest Africa focused private investment firm
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Co-Founders
Tope Lawani
Managing Partner
Member of Executive and Investment Committees
Babatunde Soyoye
Managing Partner
Member of Executive and Investment Committees
Partners
Zineb Abbad El Andaloussi
Partner, Investment Team
Dennis Aluanga
Partner, Portfolio Operations Group
Lazarus Angbazo
Partner, Portfolio Operations Group
Souleymane Ba
Partner, Investment Team
Paul Cunningham
Partner, Chief Financial Officer
Christina Drews
Partner, Chief Operating Officer
Member of Executive Committee
Mark Hartmann
Investment Advisor
Member of Investment Committee
Nitin Kaul
Partner, Head of Portfolio Operations Group
Member of Executive and Investment Committees
Henry Obi
Partner, Public & Regulatory Affairs
Member of Investment Committee
Ogbemi Ofuya
Partner, Investment Team
Simon Poole
Partner, Portfolio Operations Group
Nimit Shah
Partner, Credit Investment Team and Head of Debt Capital Markets
Dabney Tonelli
Partner, Investor Relations
Member of Executive Committee
Senior Team
Fope Adelowo
Principal, Investment Team
Tavraj Banga
Principal, Investment Team
Jamie Hollins
Principal, Investment Team
Rupeen Khagram
Finance Director
Cecilie Nielsen
MD – Human Capital, Portfolio Operations Group
Max Von Trotha
MD – Integration, Portfolio Operations Group
Phil Davis
Director – Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Portfolio Operations Group
Tosin Awoyinka
Senior Vice President, Investment Team
Sara Farrag
Senior Vice President, Investment Team
Dami Lalude
Senior Vice President, Investment Team
Naveen Shanmugam
Director – Operational Excellence, Portfolio Operations Group
Evelina Olago
Investor Relations Senior Manager
Jonathan Willatt
Digitization and Information Officer