Babatunde Soyoye
Managing Partner, Member of Executive and Investment Committee
We believe that the firm’s greatest contribution to regional development comes from building profitable, value-creating and socially responsible private enterprises for the long term.
Sector expertise
Mr. Soyoye joined the Company on closing of the Strategic Transaction. Mr. Soyoye is a co-founder and Managing Partner of the Manager and has 23 years of principal investment experience.
Prior to forming the Manager, he was a Principal at TPG Capital in London responsible for telecommunications and media investments across Europe. Before joining TPG, Mr. Soyoye was a Senior Member of the Corporate Strategy team at British Telecom, and a Manager of Business Development at Singapore Telecom International.
He has played a key role in the execution of over $7 billion completed investments across Africa, Europe, Asia and North America. He has also served as an Executive Consultant to Actis West Africa, an emerging market private equity fund. Mr. Soyoye previously served on the board of directors of Interswitch and TPay Mobile, PSPLS, Nigeria’s Privatisation Share Purchase Loan Scheme, among others.
Mr. Soyoye is a member of the Commonwealth Enterprise & Investment Council (CWEIC) and sits on the Board of Trustees of Save the Children UK. He was also a member of the LSEUniversity of Oxford Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development, chaired by former UK Prime Minister David Cameron. Mr. Soyoye received a BEng in Engineering and an MBA from the University of London (Kings & Imperial College).
He is a fluent Yoruba speaker. Mr. Soyoye is a resident of London, United Kingdom.
