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
Paul Cunningham
Partner, Chief Financial Officer
Luciana Germinario
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 CBE
Partner, Public & Regulatory Affairs
Member of Investment Committee
Ogbemi Ofuya
Partner, Investment Team
Simon Poole
Partner, Portfolio Operations Group
Nimit Shah
Partner, Investment Team and Head of Debt Capital Markets
Senior Team
Sola Carrena
Managing Director, Investment Team
Elias Yazbeck
Managing Director – Financial Services/Fintech, Investment Team
Guy Willner
Managing Director – Digital Infrastructure, Investment Team
Fope Adelowo
Principal, Investment Team
Tavraj Banga
Principal, Investment Team
Jamie Hollins
Principal, Investment Team
Tosin Awoyinka
Senior Vice President, Investment Team
Dami Lalude
Senior Vice President, Investment Team
Melissa Sack
Head of Investor Relations, Private Equity
Max Von Trotha
Managing Director – Integration, Portfolio Operations Group
Karim Engeh
Director, Portfolio Operations Group
Phil Davis
Director – Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Portfolio Operations Group
Rupeen Khagram
Finance Director