Experience

John joined SouthBridge in October 2019 as CEO of SouthBridge Rwanda and the Director for East, Central and Southern Africa charged with the responsibility for originating and executing deals within the sub-Saharan region.

Prior to joining SouthBridge, John spent 6 years as an entrepreneur investing in various businesses in East Africa and providing financial advisory services to private companies and contractors in public infrastructure projects through Arrow Capital, a firm he founded and nurtured.

John was also the CEO of Crystal Ventures, one of the largest investment-holding companies in Rwanda for 5 years and during his time there, he significantly expanded the business portfolio which included; manufacturing, construction, real estate development, telecommunications, security services, printing, coffee shops, energy and hospitality.

Before Crystal, John was an Associate in corporate investment banking with Bank of America in New York for 3 years where he was involved in mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity offerings.

Prior to that, he had over 2 years stints with Trudeau & Trudeau Associates, a boutique M&A firm in Boston and Fleet Boston Bank. John started his career in market research with Adams-AC Nielsen Research in Norwalk, Connecticut-USA.

Education

• Masters in Business Administration : Finance 
  BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, International Business School (Boston, Massachusetts)
• Bachelor of Science :  Quantitative Economics
  MAKERERE UNIVERSITY, Institute of Statistics & Applied Economics (Kampala, Uganda)

Expertise

• Board Directorship
•  Executive Management
•  Deal Structuring
•  Mergers & Acquisitions
•  Capital Raising