Tamsin Freemantle

Tamsin Freemantle has extensive experience working on the continent, with a focus on the development of capital markets. She was with the JSE for 8 years, in a business development role for Africa exSouth Africa. Her role involved working within the structures of CoSSE (Community of SADC Stock Exchanges) and ASEA (African Securities Exchanges Association), to further cooperation and development of the member exchanges.

Tamsin’s Masters research explored the topic of accelerating the development of African Capital Markets. In addition to this she has 5 years of experience in retail banking, 10 years of experience in general management and 3 years of professional services experience; these roles were at Nedbank and Allen & Overy LLP. Tamsin is passionate about building the African continent; she has set up her own business focusing on developing Africa’s capital markets through training and strategic advisory. She has an extensive global network in financial markets, and this includes government, regulators, DFIs, exchanges and corporate players and advisors.

Her clients include FMDQ Securities Exchange in Nigeria, Chapel Hill Denham Nigeria, and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange as interim head of sustainability, on a consultancy basis. She also works with professional services firms such as Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie and G. Elias in Nigeria and Webber Wentzel in South Africa. She has supported the African Crowdfunding Association (ACfA), with regulatory policy and supervision, bringing crowdfunding to the capital markets on the continent, and recently, was contracted by FSD Africa (Nairobi) to conduct training for the Ethiopian Capital Markets Working Group. Her work has included training on capital markets and their development, analysis of the financial market infrastructures in Africa and other regions, and engagement with regulatory authorities across the continent. She is currently serving as a Vice President and board member of the South Africa-Nigeria Business Chamber. She is on the investment committee of a Guernsey-based Africafocused private equity firm, focusing on regulatory and sustainability matters, and acts as an advisor to UK registered Greyhorse Clearinghouse Ltd, a cross-border multi-currency blockchain based decentralized clearinghouse that provides non-custodial settlement services. Tamsin studied English, International Relations and Law at the University of Witwatersrand and has an MBA from the Gordon Institute of Business in South Africa.