Begna Gebreyes

Head of Heavy Industries, Telecoms & Technology, Africa Finance Corporation

Begna Gebreyes is Head of Heavy Industries, Telecoms & Technology (HITT) at Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). As Head of HITT, he oversees a portfolio of US$1 billion in debt and equity investments. He has over 20 years experience of investment banking and private equity across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

For the last 10 years he has been financing greenfield and brownfield expansion projects across AFC’s over 40 member countries. Prior to AFC, he held various roles at Standard Chartered Plc, CapitalSource Inc. and Bank of America N. A. He received his BA from Stanford University, MBA from University of California: Berkeley Haas and is a CFA charterholder.