Masood Shariff

Masood is an advisor and senior consultant to DFIs, foundations, impact funds, and investors. He focuses on strategy, structuring, and implementing early (and SME) stage investment and mezzanine finance funds; blended financing structures, investment readiness, and post-investment support models; developing the local fund management ecosystems; and mobilizing capital to catalyze early-stage investing and advance SDGs.

Masood also has various advisor positions in his current portfolio; he is a senior advisor for Early Stage & Venture Finance – Fund Design and Launch (Kenya & Ghana) for The World Bank, Department of Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Global Practice. He advises in Strategy and Architecture – SDG Investment Fund & Gender Lens Investing for FinDev (DFI) Canada. He is an advisor for Business Incubation Hubs and SME Venture & Growth Finance, Central Asia for Aga Khan Foundation, Switzerland. He also serves as Board Representative, Portfolio Company, Kenya for Kampani NV, Agri Focused Impact Investor. He is a consultant in the Assessment of Private Equity/Venture Capital in East Africa and Role of Technical Assistance to Support Growth Ready SMEs for The World Bank, Investment Funds Group.