‘Tokunboh Ishmael

‘Tokunboh has worked in the USA, UK and Africa. In her most recent role as Managing Director of Avante Capital Ltd, she advised on a number of acquisitions in the oil and gas sector including the acquisition and financing of a government owned refinery and led the first secondary listing of a Nigerian company on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Prior to Avante, she was the Nigeria Country Partner, for Aureos Capital where she successfully raised funding to complete a $50m fundraising exercise for the Aureos West Africa Fund; and sourced private equity investments. Other previous roles include M&A banker at Salomon Smith Barney. ‘Tokunboh is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the CFA Institute; a member of the board of the African Venture Capital Association and a panelist on the TV show, Dragons’ Den Nigeria.