Catalyst Principal Partners
Paul has over 20 years of management consulting, entrepreneurial, investment banking and private equity experience. He was previously a Director and head of East Africa Private Equity at Actis Capital LLP in London and Nairobi, where he managed a significant and diverse regional investment portfolio. Before Actis, he worked at HSBC Investment bank in London and Johannesburg where he led several high profile merger and acquisition transactions across Africa. Previously, he was the Founder and CFO of Virtua Café, a hi-tech entertainment and retail business in Miami, and served as a Senior Consultant at PWC in Washington DC and as Project Officer at the East Africa Development Bank in Kampala.
Paul is an Executive Committee Member of the Young Presidents organization and a Fellow of the Africa Leadership Initiative East Africa Foundation (Member of Aspen Institute Global Leadership Network). He holds a bachelor of Arts in Economics and Engineering from Brown University and an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Business at Cornell University.
Catalyst Principal Partners
Established in 2009 as an Eastern Africa focused private equity fund manager, Catalyst brings together a highly experienced team of seasoned investment professionals with a depth of regional and international credentials and expertise of private equity investing in Africa and across emerging markets. With its depth of experience in investment management, financial advisory, management consulting and strategic planning across a diversity of sectors, Catalyst has substantial capability to proactively provide strategic and operational input to its investee companies.