Edmund Higenbottam
Managing Director
Edmund is a veteran investment banker and private capital fund manager, with extensive experience across London, Johannesburg, Lagos and Dubai. Prior to Verdant Capital, Edmund has worked at global investment banks including Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley and started his career in 2001, working in Africa since 2008. Edmund designed the strategy for, raised and is responsible for the deployment of Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund, a USD 100 million fund investing in digitally enabled MSE-lenders and other inclusive financial institutions on a pan-African basis. Edmund’s board directorships include SAVCA, the industry body for private equity in South Africa, and IMAP, the global M&A partnership for which Verdant Capital is the member firm for its part of the World.
Edmund has a degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge.