Mohan Vivekanandan

Group Executive - Coverage DBSA

Mohan is a member of the DBSA’s Group Executive Committee, with accountability for pan-African deal origination/client management, having concluded over 60 projects with ZAR50Bn+ ($3bn) in past four years. His teams cover all economic and social infrastructure sectors with transactions concluded in over 15 countries.

He was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the SADC Development Finance Centre in 2022 and has supported the WEF, OECD and UN in initiatives related to sustainable financing and infrastructure development. Mohan serves as an associate professor of development finance at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business.

He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and an MSc in Global Finance from New York University Stern School of Business. He earned a BA (Honours) in Economics and Applied Mathematics from Northwestern University in Chicago, USA.

2024 Agenda Sessions

Pan African investment – developing projects through local financing

Why are local banks better suited to navigate dynamic and emerging investment projects across the continent?
Does their expert local knowledge through branch networks provide them an edge to invest wisely?
How can Africa's banks offer mining companies a vital lifeline where hesitant external investors are unwilling to tread?
West Africa leading the way - Are local banks better suited to manage the potential risks towards collective success?

Tuesday 06 February 15:30 - 16:00 Governments Stage 1

Intergovernmental Summit

Add to calendar 02/06/2024 15:30 02/06/2024 16:00 Pan African investment – developing projects through local financing

Why are local banks better suited to navigate dynamic and emerging investment projects across the continent?
Does their expert local knowledge through branch networks provide them an edge to invest wisely?
How can Africa's banks offer mining companies a vital lifeline where hesitant external investors are unwilling to tread?
West Africa leading the way - Are local banks better suited to manage the potential risks towards collective success?

Governments Stage 1 Africa/Johannesburg

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