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Managing Director, Zephyr Acorn

Lorcan O Cathain

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Lorcan has over 15 years of experience in various leadership roles overseeing strategy development, operations management, financial oversight, and regulatory engagement in finance and governance. He is the former CEO and Co-Founder of Money Africa Group. Lorcan also served as Chief Operating Officer & Chief Commercial Officer at 4G Capital. He has previously worked with Rwandan Ministry of Trade, Industry & EAC Affairs, and GIZ. Lorcan holds an MSc in Political Economy of Late Development from London School of Economics and a BA (hons) International Relations from Dublin City University.

Tom is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Zephyr Acorn. He is Chairman of Zephyr Management which he founded in 1994. Zephyr has been a pioneer in private equity in Africa, as a co-founder of the first offshore private equity fund in South Africa, South Africa Capital Growth Fund in 1994; co-founder of the first private equity fund in Nigeria, Capital Alliance Private Equity in 1998; and founder of the first pan-African private equity fund, Pan-African Investment Partners in 2003. Zephyr also co-founded private equity funds in Mexico, Korea, India and Sri Lanka. Previous to Zephyr Management, Tom was CEO of Rockefeller and Company. Prior to that position, Tom was employed by T. Rowe Price Associates, where he was President of The New Horizon Fund and Director of Research. Tom has a BA from Yale University and MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.