Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes

Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes
Mmádu
ụdịekerenwanyị Dezie
mba o sịNaijiria Dezie
Ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya16 Febụwarị 1990 Dezie
Asụsụ obodoEsan Dezie
asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye akaBekee, Esan, pidgin Naịjirịa Dezie
Ọrụ ọ na-arụfinancier Dezie

Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes bụ onye guzobere na onye isi oche nke Aruwa Capital Management. [1]

Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ dezie

A mụrụ Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes na 16th nke February 1990 na Lagos State, Nigeria. Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ praịmarị Chrisland dị na Opebi, Lagos, wee gụchaa otu afọ nke ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị na Atlantic Hall Lagos. Ọ kwagara England mgbe ọ dị afọ 11 wee gaa ụlọ akwụkwọ ụlọ-St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate. Ọ malitere inwe mmasị na ego na itinye ego mgbe ọ dị obere. [2]

Ọ gụrụ Economics na Mahadum Bristol nke nyere ya ntọala siri ike na tiori na nyocha ego. Ọ malitere ọrụ ya na Banking Investment na Lehman Brothers na 2008, tupu ọ banye n'òtù M&A na JP Morgan London n'afọ ikpeazụ nke Mahadum. [3] [4]

Ọrụ dezie

Okunbo Rhodes nwere ihe karịrị afọ 15 nke ụlọ akụ itinye ego na ahụmịhe nha nha nkeonwe site na ụlọ ọrụ zuru ụwa ọnụ. [5] [6] Ọ malitere ọrụ ya n'afọ mbụ ya na mahadum n'ụlọ akụ mba ụwa Lehman Brothers na 2008. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na mahadum ọ kwagara JP Morgan na otu Mergers & Acquisition tupu ọ banye na otu Leveraged Finance. Mgbe ọ nọ na JP Morgan, ọ rụrụ ọrụ na ijeri $ 6 nke azụmahịa n'ofe ahịa na-apụta na mmepe. [7] [8] [9]

Okunbo Rhodes esorola ọtụtụ ụlọ ọrụ ego na ụlọ ọrụ nha anya dị ka TLG Capital rụọ ọrụ Syntaxis Capital Africa na 2011 na Syntaxis Capital Africa na 2014. [10] [11] Ọ bụ onye na-arụkọ ọrụ na onye njikwa nke Syntaxis Capital Africa, ụlọ ọrụ na-enye ndị obere na ọkara ụlọ ọrụ na Nigeria na Sub-Saharan Africa isi ego uto. [5] [12] O mechara guzobe ụlọ ọrụ itinye ego nke ya, Aruwa Capital Management na 2019 na 29 afọ, mmetụta na ụlọ ọrụ itinye ego lens nwoke na nwanyị. [13] [14]

Aruwa capital management dezie

Aruwa Capital Management bụ Lagos dabeere na, nwanyị hiwere na onye ndu, nha nha nha nha, mmetụta na ego lens nwoke na nwanyị nke tọrọ ntọala na 2019. [15] Ọ bụ otu n'ime ego nhatanha ole na ole nke otu nwanyị Africa nwere ma na-achịkwa ya na kọntinent Africa dum. Aruwa lekwasịrị anya na itinye ego na ụlọ ọrụ na-eto ngwa ngwa nke na-enye ngwaahịa na ọrụ dị mkpa maka akụ na ụba ụmụ nwanyị na-eto ngwa ngwa ma ọ bụ azụmahịa nke tọrọ ntọala ma ọ bụ kwadoro site na ụmụ nwanyị ma ọ bụ nwee ìgwè dị iche iche nke nwoke na nwanyị. Ọ na-achọ imechi oghere nwoke na nwanyị na itinye ego na inye ikike ụmụ nwanyị na-edu ma ọ bụ ndị inyom lekwasịrị anya azụmaahịa ma kwenye n'ikike ego nke azụmahịa ụmụ nwanyị nwere, na-ehota ihe ọmụmụ na-egosi njiri mara ha. [16] [17]

Aruwa Capital Management nke ọma welitere ihe karịrị nde $ 20 nde Fund I wee wuo ndekọ egwu na-aga nke ọma na Pọtụfoliyo na-ekwe nkwa nke ụlọ ọrụ 10 gafee akụkụ dị mkpa nke akụ na ụba ya bụ: ahụike, fintech, ume ọhụrụ / teknụzụ dị ọcha na ngwaahịa na ọrụ dị mkpa. Aruwa Capital enwetala nkwado nke ndị na-etinye ego n'ụwa niile dịka Mastercard Foundation, FSD Africa na Visa Foundation. [18] [19] Aruwa Capital meriri nturu ugo maka Impact Investor of the Year na 2023: nyere site na Impact Investors Foundation (IIF) na 6th Annual Convening on Impact Investing, a na-amata ya maka ntinye aka na imechi ọdịiche nwoke na nwanyị na ịkwalite ọganihu akụ na ụba n'ahịa ya. [20] [21]

Ndụ onwe onye dezie

Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes bụ ada Late Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo. Ọ bụ onye ọchụnta ego, onye isi ala, onye na-etinye ego na onye na-akwado nkwado ụmụ nwanyị. Ọ lụrụ di na ụmụ nwoke abụọ na-enwekwa mmasị ime njem, tenis na isi nri. [22]

Ndepụta ihe nrite dezie

Nke a bụ ụfọdụ onyinye na nkwanye ùgwù Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes:

Ihe nrite dezie

  • 2x Onye njikwa ego nwanyị zuru ụwa ọnụ nke afọ (2023) [23]
  • Ụmụ nwanyị ojii na njikwa akụ (BWAM) ihe nrite 40 kacha elu (2022) [24]

Nkwenye dezie

  • 150 EKO Aspire Women IWD Award sitere n'aka Gọvanọ Executive nke Lagos State (2023) [23]
  • Choiseul 100 Africa 2023 ọkwa [25]
  • Ike Africa 30 Catalysts for Change Feature (2023) [26]
  • Ụmụ nwanyị na-edu ndú n'Africa 100 kasị akpali ụmụ nwanyị (2023) [27]
  • Ụmụ nwanyị na-edu ndú n'Africa 4 kacha akpali akpali ụmụ nwanyị na ego (2023) [28]
  • Ndị isi ojii YPO Group kacha nta nwanyị PE (2023) [29]
  • Ike Africa 50 na-emetụta azụmahịa ụmụ nwanyị ịnya ụgbọ ala na Africa (2023) [30]
  • Tech PR 8 Ụmụ nwanyị Afrịka Na-agbanwe Egwuregwu na Njirimara Isi Ego (2023) [31]
  • Choiseul 100 Africa 2022 ọkwa [32]
  • NBC Washington Top 35 Women Na-aga n'ihu Africa na 2020
  • Onye nnọchi anya mmetụta na 2019 (mmetụta Alpha) [33]

Edensibia dezie

Africa na 2014. Ọ bụ onye na-arụkọ ọrụ na onye njikwa nke Syntaxis Capital Africa, ụlọ ọrụ na-enye ndị obere na ọkara ụlọ ọrụ na Nigeria na Sub-Saharan Africa isi ego uto. O mechara guzobe ụlọ ọrụ

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