Episode 65

Edmund Higenbottam on Financial Inclusion

Aug 1, 2023

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, chats with Edmund Higenbottam, Managing Director of Verdant Capital, discussing his over 20 years of experience in investment capital and investment banking, how his early career in financial services led him to a focus on emerging markets, his passion to bring opportunity to lower-middle and low income African countries, seeing financial inclusion as a basic human right, his thoughts on stewardship and much more.

A New Lens with CommonGood Capital
A New Lens with CommonGood Capital
#65 - Edmund Higenbottam on Financial Inclusion
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Edmund Higenbottam
Managing Director of Verdant Capital
Edmund is an investment banker with extensive experience across London, Johannesburg, Lagos and Dubai. Prior to Verdant Capital, Edmund worked at global investment banks including Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley. Edmund started his career in 2001 and has worked in Africa since 2008.

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