Sanjeev Gupta

Sanjeev is the former Board Member and Executive Director for Financial Services at Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). He was responsible for Treasury, Trade Finance and Financial Institutions, Syndications, and the Advisory lines of business within AFC. He completed a 9-year term at AFC in October 2024 and is currently a Business Advisor and Board Member to family offices and investment companies specializing in corporate finance.

Sanjeev has over 30 years of experience in Investment Management, Private Equity and Corporate Finance. His forte has been to blend global and indigenous corporates, financial investors, and governments to develop commercially viable businesses and development models that leave a sustainable impact on emerging economies.

Prior to joining AFC, Sanjeev was the Managing Partner of the Emerging Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions Centre of Excellence at Ernst & Young. He has also been the Chief Executive Officer of Sanlam Investment Management Emerging Markets Operations and a Founder & Managing Partner of Emerging Opportunity Consulting, a boutique Advisory Firm specializing in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) financing.

Sanjeev holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Calcutta, India. He is an Alumnus of the Said Business School, University of Oxford, England, and is also an Alumnus of the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, India (FCA).

He is a Board Member at various charitable and “not-for-profit” organizations globally, a Member of the Institute of Directors, United Kingdom, and a Guest Lecturer at various universities such as the UCLA Anderson School of Management, University of Amsterdam Business School, Indian Institute of Management atShillong India, Murdoch University, and Virginia Military Institute.