department: FSD Africa Investments

Amos Gachuiri

Amos has over 18 years of experience across East Africa and in diverse areas including industry strategy, SME investing, portfolio management, finance, banking, business development, deal structuring, commercial & financial management, impact investing, risk management, team management, transactions support and audit across a wide range of industries including agriculture.

He is a qualified CPA and member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK); Holds an MBA from ESMT Berlin, Germany (2010), a Diploma in Private Sector Growth: SIPU-Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), February 2014, Stockholm, Sweden; and a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance Option) from University of Nairobi (2001).

Before joining FSD Africa, Amos was a Senior Industry Manager at Msingi East Africa, where he worked on the development and implementation of industry transformation strategies through investment, technical advisory services, policy & regulatory reform, technology transfer, skills development, among others.

Amos started his career in August 2001 as an auditor at PwC. He later joined KPMGs Corporate Finance & Transactions Services unit as a manager in September 2006. He has served in investment roles at both GroFin and Grassroots Business Fund before joining Msingi East Africa in March 2017.

Amos serves on several boards in both public and private sectors.

Anne-Marie Chidzero

Anne-Marie is CIO of FSD Africa Investments, the investment arm of FSD Africa and is a member of the FSD Africa Board. She is the former CEO of FSD Mozambique, and Co-founder of Alitheia IDF Managers, a private equity fund manager investing in women-led businesses.

Anne-Marie has a wealth of experience in building African financial markets. Across her career, she has led a range of development finance investments and implemented strategies for private sector growth, in roles at the World Bank Group, CGAP, and UK Aid – among other development finance institutions. She has held Board and Advisory positions at pioonering inclusive finance organisations in Africa

Loreen Njeri

Loreen has been working as a Corporate Finance Analyst for BDO East Africa – Kenya where she was supporting clients in conducting business valuations and capital raising mandates. Her role involved creating financial models and transaction marketing documents such as information Memorandums and Teasers, approaching investors and facilitating client correspondence as well as supporting in Due diligence exercises. She has experience across sectors including: the Pharmaceutical and Medical Equipment, Aviation, Real Estate and Construction material, Motor vehicle assembly, Agribusiness, and Manufacturing.

While at BDO, she also worked on the Manufacturing Africa project, funded by the FCDO, to provide deal support to companies in the Manufacturing sector in Africa. Her role involved supporting in deal origination, preparing Investment Committee documents and offering transaction support.

Prior to joining BDO, she interned with Dyer and Blair Investment Bank as a Research Analyst, at Hyman Capital, a boutique consulting firm based in London, as a Corporate Finance Analyst, in finance departments of Government institutions such as the Unclaimed Financial Assets Authority (UFAA), and the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), and at FIE Consult, a boutique consulting firm based in Nairobi, as a Business Analyst.

Loreen has Master’s degree in financial management from The University of Birmingham, a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance from Kenyatta University, and is currently pursuing her ACCA certification, with her key notable achievement being, attaining the highest mark in Kenya, in the ACCA Financial Management (F9) paper.