Team

Michiel Timmerman - Managing Partner

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Michiel has 19 years' institutional asset management experience.  He was most recently MD and CIO of Ignis Advisors, a $3.5bn institutional alternative investment business. Michiel is co-founder & chair of EFTA, a Tanzanian SME equipment leasing company.  He is also NED and IC chairman of LAFCo, a pan-African SME agribusiness lender and a former NED and IC member of AgdevCo, an African agribusiness investment company.

Marleen Groen - Partner

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Marleen has over 30 years experience in financial services, including 20 years in private equity.  She was the principal founder and CEO of a $2bn PE secondaries fund investment business and senior advisor to a $100bn private markets firm. Marleen is also active in African impact investing.

David Donahue, CFA - Partner

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David has 19 years' institutional asset management experience. Before joining Mbuyu, David was Head of PE and RE at Ignis Advisors, responsible for a $1bn portfolio.  Previously, he was responsible for a $2bn global equity sector portfolio at the largest Dutch pension fund, as well as managing a $2.5bn US equity portfolio at a Dutch insurer.

Georgina Miller - Chief Compliance and Operating Officer

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Georgina is the firm's Chief Operating and Compliance Officer.  Georgina previously acted in a number of senior governance, company secretarial and finance roles.  Georgina is supported by two finance and administration staff.

Afzal Amijee - Senior Adviser

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Afzal is a former operating partner at a $9bn private equity firm, where he was CEO/CFO for fintech, renewable energy and technology companies in Europe and the Middle East.  He subsequently founded and worked for a number of tech start up and fintech businesses in the US and Europe.  He was also a PE investor in Africa and the Middle East for a Middle Eastern family office.
​Photocredit: Timothy Allen