Mr. Phillips was appointed as Non-Independent and Non-Executive Director of the Company on 16th April 2021. Mr. Phillips has been a Partner at Actis, the leading growth markets investor since its foundation in 2004. He serves as Global Head of Private Equity and is responsible for seven funds invested across 21 countries in emerging markets. Prior to Actis, he began his career in private equity at 3i in the UK and then joined CDC which is based in Uganda, Zimbabwe, Malaysia, and Egypt, before returning to the UK after 20 years.
Over 35 years in private equity, Mr. Phillips has held a number of Non-Executive Director roles including that of Emerging Markets Payments Holdings (EMPH) Mauritius, a leading payments company in Africa and the Middle East. Mr. Phillips currently serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of Directors of Integrated Diagnostics Holdings (IDH), which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, Honoris United Universities, a network of 14 universities across Africa, and Les Laboratoires Medis SA, the largest pharmaceutical company in Tunisia.
Mr. Phillips holds a BA in economics from the University of Exeter UK.