Oladele Shekete

Executive Director – Head of E&S and TA at Cygnum Capital

Speaker

Oladele Shekete manages the ESG implementation and reporting at Cygnum Group, a leading investment banking and asset management firm specialising in tailored and innovative financial solutions across frontier and emerging markets globally. He has over 18 years of experience in private capital investment and venture capital, implementing ESG and Impact policies and procedures across sub-Saharan Africa.

Prior to joining Cygnum Capital, Oladele worked as Vice President/Director for Sustainability and Impact at Sahel Capital, an agribusiness-focused private equity fund across sub-Saharan Africa. He also worked as ESG Manager and Operations Lead at Unique Venture Capital, a venture capital fund with investments in Nigeria, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.

Oladele is an African-Asia Impact Investing (AAII) Fellow.