Oluwatosin Ojo

Principal at Sahel Capital

Speaker

Tosin Ojo is a principal at Sahel Capital Agribusiness Managers –one of the leading agribusiness private equity firms in Sub-Saharan Africa. At Sahel Capital, she leads the deal team for the equity fund, fund-raising activities and supports the executives of portfolio companies in driving value creation. In this role, she’s on the board of Dayntee Farms Limited. Tosin has 15+ years of experience, spanning private equity, financial advisory, asset management and investment research. Prior to Sahel Capital, Tosin led Verboheit – a financial advisory firm she founded. Also, she has previously worked at Chapel Hill Denham, CardinalStone, Vetiva and Stanbic IBTC Bank.

Outside her current tole, she is chair of the Mutual Funds Investment Committee for ARM Investment managers which manages over N60billion in across six mutual funds. She’s also on the investment committee for The Oak Capital, an emerging VC firm with principal investments in tech start-ups, and on the advisory board of Yellow Door Apartments – a fast growing hospitality start up. Tosin is a CFA charter-holder. She also holds a bachelors’ degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria and an MBA from the University of Oxford’s Said Business School.