Investment Advisory Team
ALI SHAFQAT
FOUNDER AND CHIEF
INVESTMENT OFFICER
Ali founded Qbera Capital in 2017 having worked 19 years in Banking and Financial Services, primarily with HSBC and KPMG.
AMITJI ODEDRA
DIRECTOR
Amitji joined Qbera Capital from HSBC, bringing significant experience in Commodities, Structured Trade Finance and Portfolio Management.
RICARDO MARTINEZ
DIRECTOR
Ricardo joined Qbera Capital after working for over 5 years in the Banking and Financial Services, primarily with HSBC and Banco Venezolano de Credito.
OLIVER HOWARD
DIRECTOR
Oliver joined Qbera Capital from Barclays Africa in Johannesburg, having worked across the Barclays group for over 11 years, focusing on debt and leveraged finance.
JOSEPH MATE
HEAD OF AFRICA
Joseph is an experienced deal maker with origination, structuring and execution experience across Africa.
ALEX NORTON
ASSOCIATE
Alex joined Qbera Capital as an Investment Analyst in 2018.
EDMUNDO CHISSUNGO
ASSOCIATE
Edmundo is an experienced deal maker with structuring and execution experience across Africa.
JOSH VICARY
ANALYST
Josh joined Qbera Capital in the summer of 2019, having previously worked in LGT and Invesco Asset Management
Risk & Operations
AIDAN APPLEGARTH
CHIEF OPERATIONS & RISK OFFICER
Aidan brings 40 years of international commercial finance experience and acts as Chief Operations & Risk Officer to embed the risk management framework and policies he has established.
NEIL TUCKWELL
RISK & OPERATIONS MANAGER
Neil has held Trade Finance Management roles at soft commodity trading companies and commodity finance providers during his 30+ year career.
Advisors
CHARLIE LAUGHTON-SCOTT
SENIOR ADVISOR
Charlie joined Qbera in 2018, bringing over 40 years of experience in banking and finance, having previously Global Head Corporate and Institutional Banking and Deputy Head of Global Banking at HSBC.
HELOISA SLAV
SENIOR ADVISOR
Heloisa joined Qbera as a Non-Executive Senior Advisor in 2020, bringing 20 years of experience as an attorney focused on the trade and commodity finance industry.
JEAN-FRANCOIS LAMBERT
STRATEGIC ADVISOR
Jean-Francois brings a wealth of experience drawn upon his 35 years in the trade and commodity finance industry.
ARI-PEKKA HILDÉN
SENIOR ADVISOR
Ari-Pekka joined Qbera as a Senior Advisor in 2020, bringing 30+ years of experience in asset management, including emerging markets investing.