{"id":1035,"date":"2018-12-19T15:27:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T14:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2019-06-19T11:59:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T09:59:54","slug":"andrew-alli-southbridge-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/andrew-alli-southbridge-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Alli joins SouthBridge as CEO of the group"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"x-content-band-1\" class=\"x-content-band vc first-row show-mobile\" style=\"background-color: transparent; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; position:fixed;z-index:999998;top:0;right:0; width: 100%;display:none;\"><div class=\"x-container wpb_row\"><div  class=\"x-column x-sm vc x-1-1\" style=\"text-align:center;\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"sb-close-modal sb-close-news\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"x-content-band-2\" class=\"x-content-band vc first-row hide-mobile\" style=\"background-color: transparent; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; position:fixed;z-index:999999;top:0;right:0;\"><div class=\"x-container wpb_row\"><div  class=\"x-column x-sm vc x-1-6\" style=\"\" ><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 1px 0 0 0;\"><\/div><div  class=\"x-column x-sm vc x-2-3\" style=\"\" ><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 1px 0 0 0;\"><\/div><div  class=\"x-column x-sm vc x-1-6\" style=\"\" >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"team-close-btn sb-close-modal sb-close-news\">\n<li>close<\/li>\n<li>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"x-img x-img-none right\" style=\"width:29px;height:29px;margin: 20px !important;\/* display: inline-block; *\/\" src=\"http:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/close-1.png\">\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"x-content-band-3\" class=\"x-content-band vc\" style=\"background-color: transparent; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;\"><div class=\"x-container wpb_row\"><div  class=\"x-column x-sm vc x-1-6\" style=\"\" ><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><div  class=\"x-column x-sm vc x-2-3\" style=\"\" ><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 6.25em 0 0 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element sb-post-categorie\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\tNews, Press Releases\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element sb-post-title\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3>Andrew Alli joins SouthBridge as CEO of the group<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element sb-post-date\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h5>d\u00e9cembre 19, 2018<\/h5>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 45px 0 0 0;\"><p><strong>ABIDJAN, KIGALI, PARIS &#8211; December 19th, 2018 \u2013 SouthBridge Group announces today that Andrew Alli, former CEO of Africa Finance Corporation, will join and lead the SouthBridge group as CEO.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0dual citizen of Nigeria and the UK, Andrew is a Chartered Accountant, who holds a BEng in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from King\u2019s College, University of London, and an MBA from INSEAD. After a decade at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in different positions including Country Manager for Southern Africa and Nigeria, he was appointed CEO of the nascent Africa Finance Corporation, which he built into a robust DFI focusing on African infrastructure, natural resources and heavy industry sectors. During his tenure as CEO, AFC made cumulative investments of over USD4 billion in 30 African countries and achieved the second highest credit rating for an African lending institution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donald\u00a0Kaberuka, Chairman and Managing Partner<\/strong>, commented:\u00a0<em>\u201cI am very excited to welcome Andrew\u00a0to SouthBridge. An\u00a0excellent pedigree, first class rigorous management, business ethics and acumen, commitment to African entrepreneurship and continental champions.\u00a0At SouthBridge, he will build on his phenomenal record at the AFC to provide the leadership for the next level<\/em>. \u201c<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lionel\u00a0Zinsou, Chairman and Managing Partner<\/strong>,\u00a0said:\u00a0<em>\u201cWe have known Andrew for many years and could not be more pleased to have him join us.<\/em>\u00a0<em>His proven track record at the head of a large banking\u00a0institution\u00a0and his vast experience\u00a0will benefit SouthBridge significantly.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrew Alli, CEO<\/strong>, said: \u201c<em>I am pleased to be joining SouthBridge, which is an excellent platform to continue to assist in the development of Africa by building up a strong private sector and strengthening sovereigns. I look forward to working with Lionel, Donald and all the other Partners and staffs of SouthBridge to build a landmark African institution<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About SouthBridge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SouthBridge is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/who-we-are\/\">pan-African financial services firm<\/a> focused on Investment Banking, Sovereign advisory, as well as on serving African and global corporates.<\/p>\n<p>The firm was founded in 2017 by Donald\u00a0Kaberuka, 7th\u00a0President of the African Development Bank (2005-2015) and former Finance Minister of Rwanda and Lionel\u00a0Zinsou, Investment Banker, Former Prime Minister of Benin and President of PAI Partners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marion Scappaticci<\/p>\n<p>+ 33 1 70 81 20 64<\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"mailto:marion.scappaticci@southbgroup.com\">marion.scappaticci@southbgroup.com<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 100px 0 0 0;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #11283d;\">Share this article<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div  class=\"x-column x-sm vc x-1-6\" style=\"\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close \u00a0 News, Press Releases Andrew Alli joins SouthBridge as CEO of the group d\u00e9cembre 19, 2018 ABIDJAN, KIGALI, PARIS &#8211; December 19th, 2018 \u2013 SouthBridge Group announces today that Andrew Alli, former CEO of Africa Finance Corporation, will join and lead the SouthBridge group as CEO. A\u00a0dual citizen of Nigeria and the UK, Andrew is a Chartered Accountant, who &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/andrew-alli-southbridge-ceo\/\" class=\"more-link\">En savoir plus<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"#ffffff","slide_template_v7":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1035"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1201,"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions\/1201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southbgroup.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}