Our people
Meet our Board members and Management team
Our people
Meet our Board members and Management team
Management
AFC is managed by a team of professionals with several decades cumulative experience in banking and infrastructure finance across Africa

Samaila Zubairu
President & Chief Executive Officer
Until his appointment, Samaila was the CEO of Africapital Management Limited, where he established a joint venture with Old Mutual’s African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) to develop the Nigerian Infrastructure Investment Fund1(NIIF1) for infrastructure private equity across West Africa

Sanjeev Gupta
Executive Director, Financial Services
Sanjeev Gupta was appointed Executive Director, Financial Services at AFC.

Sameh Shenouda
Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer
Sameh brings over 27 years’ experience in fundraising and investments in international capital markets, with a focus on the development of infrastructure projects, setting up new platforms and has backed strong management teams.

Ayotunde Anjorin
Senior Director & Chief Financial Officer
Ayotunde is the Director & Chief Financial Officer at AFC.

Ayaan Adam
Senior Director and CEO of AFC Capital Partners
Ayaan brings to AFC, 27 years of visionary leadership and a strong track record in emerging markets investment, asset management, private equity, infrastructure, and climate change related financing products, with a particular focus on African and Asian Markets.

David Johnson
Director & Chief Risk Officer
Mr. Johnson was promoted to Chief Risk Officer in 2016, after being employed at AFC as Vice President of Market Risk Management for the previous 5 years, during which time he has led a comprehensive review of all major risk management policies.

Nana Eshun
Director & General Counsel
Nana Eshun is the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.

Anthony Arabome
Director Corporate Services
Anthony Arabome is a Director and Division Head, Corporate Services with oversight responsibility for Human Resources, Administration, Information Technology, and Procurement.

Dr Rita Babihuga-Nsanze
Director & Chief Economist and Head of Research and Strategy
Rita holds a double honours degree (BSc & BA) in Computer Science and Economics from Smith College, Massachusetts, USA.
The Board
The Corporation's Board of Directors has ultimate responsibility for policy formulation, strategy and decision making, with specific authority delegated to three subsidiary committees and executive management for the day-to-day operations.

Dr. Kingsley Obiora
Chairman of the Board
Dr. Obiora is Deputy Governor (Economic Policy) of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Emeka Emuwa
Chairman, BRIC
Emeka Emuwa is currently the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Union Bank of Nigeria (Union Bank)

Ahmad Abdullahi
Ahmad Abdullahi was the Director and Head of Banking Supervision Department at the Central Bank of Nigeria and retired from the Central Bank of Nigeria in February 2020

Patrick Akinwuntan
Patrick Akinwuntan is Managing Director & Regional Executive at Ecobank Nigeria.

Henry Oroh
Henry Oroh is an Executive Director at Zenith Bank International Plc. Prior to his current appointment, he was the Managing Director & CEO of Zenith Bank Ghana. Mr. Oroh has almost two decades of experience in the banking industry

Anastasia I. Proxenos
Anastasia Soula Proxenos was appointed as an Independent Director of the Corporation, in the course of the year. Ms. Proxenos has more than 30 years of financial services experience.

Henry Paul Batchi Baldeh
Mr. Batchi Baldeh is an investment banker, infrastructure developer and utility management specialist, with over 33 years of professional experience across the power value chain and financing capital structure.

Dr. Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan, FCA
Dr. Adesola Adeduntan is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in commercial and investment banking, development finance, audit, and consulting.

Kevin Nnanyere Amugo, PhD
Dr. Kevin Amugo holds a PhD in Management from Nasarawa State University, Keffi; MSc Finance, University of Calabar; and BSc Accountancy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

Kirstine Damkjaer
Kirstine Damkjaer is the immediate past Chief Executive Officer of EKF Denmark’s Export Credit Agency.

Roosevelt Ogbonna, FCA
Roosevelt Ogbonna is the Group Deputy Managing Director of Access Bank PLC.

Victor Osadolor
Victor Osadolor was the immediate past Deputy Group Managing Director, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc Group and Managing Director of UBA Africa