Funke Okubadejo
Director, Real Estate @ Actis
Funke Okubadejo is a startup investor at Actis. Funke has always been interested in how economies develop over time and in particular the progress that emerging markets like Africa have made.She began her professional career with Arthur Andersen in Nigeria, where her experience spanned assurance and business advisory with a focus on the manufacturing and telecoms sectors and servicesindustries.However, she’s also always been a believer in the power of private capital to catalyse economic development and unleash potential. That’s why in 2007, following six years with Africa Capital Alliance, a leading Nigerian private equity firm, she joined Actis.It was Actis’s understanding of the challenges inherent in operating in emerging markets as well as our decades of experience working across these economies that inspired Funke to unite her expertise and desire to make a positive difference, with ours.Based in Actis’s Lagos office, Funke has been involved in a number of investments including Heritage Place, a Grade A office development in Lagos and Laurus Development Partners, a real estate development platform set to change the face of commercial building in West Africa.Funke is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos and a Masters in Finance from the London Business School.
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About Actis
Actis is a leading investor in growth markets across Africa, Asia and Latin America. They deliver consistent, competitive returns, responsibly, through insights gained from trusted relationships, local knowledge and deep sector expertise. Founded in 2004, they have an unparalleled heritage in growth markets, set within a culture of activeownership. They have raised US$14bn since inception and employ over 200 people, including a team of c.120 investment professionals, working across 16 offices globally. Their investors’ capital is at work in c.70 companies around the world, employing over 116,500 people. Actis is a global platform offering a multi-asset strategy through the asset classes of private equity, energy, infrastructure and real estate. Their depth of experience, global insight and local understanding make them the partner of choice for investors, management teams, entrepreneurs and governments. They invest with an exclusive focus on intra-growth market investing (their 'south-south' approach): sharing knowledge and experience across regions and businesses to help deliver consistent, competitive returns responsibly.
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Funke Okubadejo
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