Team
G. H. JANG
Girmay G.Michael Yihdego
Y. S. KO
J. M. LIM
E. J. CHA
Samuel
Alioune Badara DIALLO
Yabsira Tadesse
Special Advisor
Ermyas Amelga
Entrepreneur, Economist and Financial expert
renowned for his original thinking, insights and innovations
He came home to Ethiopia in 1996 after 20 years in United States where he spent eight years pursuing higher education and twelve years as a Wall Street investment banker in New York and Los Angeles. Over the course of twelve years as an investment banker with Kidder Peabody & Company, a top Wall Street investment bank, he advised and raised capital for some of the largest corporate entities in the US across a broad range of industries including airlines, banking, health care, insurance, real estate, retail, technology and asset backed securities.
Since returning to Ethiopia, his list of accomplishments includes:
Founder and Chairman of Zemen Bank S.C. - Ethiopia’s Five Star Bank.
Founder, Chairman & CEO of Access Capital Service S.C. - the first Investment Bank, Ethiopia.
Founder, Chairman and CEO of Access Real Estate S.C. - one of the largest
real estate company’s in Ethiopia.
Established or acquired over twenty enterprises employing over 2,000 workers.
Ermyas Amelga
African Enterprise Network
His continental level engagement in Africa includes being the founding chairman of the African enterprise Network (“AEN”) and institutional association of over four hundred leading new generation business men and women in twenty-nine Sub Saharan African countries.
The AEN worked with the highest levels of the member countries’ governments, continental development organizations such as NEPAD, regional economic associations and international development partners on economic and business policy, promoting inter-Africa trade and development finance.
As an expert economist, he has been a frequent speaker on development strategy at major international conferences hosted by the African Development Bank, the Economic Commission for Africa, the World Bank, the International Growth Center/London School of Economics. He has conducted research projects with Yale University.
He was the African private sector representative at “The Big Table” a biannual two day brainstorming retreat held by 27 donor country ministers of finance/development assistance and heads of continental and global multilateral development agencies.
Zemen Bank / Ethiopia
Personal Banking
International Banking
Corporate Loans
Multi-Channel Banking
ACCESS Capital S.C. / Ethiopia
Founded in 2007, Access Capital is a premier full service investment company in Ethiopia providing investment research, advisory and management services in sectors such as agro-industry, commercial farming, consumer goods and financial services sectors
ACCESS Real Estate S.C. / Ethiopia
Established in Ethiopia in February, 2008. Its unerring vision is to address the acute shortage of “affordable” quality housing in Addis Ababa in a systematic and innovative way that focuses on satisfying customers.
Advisors
Madam Adeyemi Akpene Sandra Freitas
ex-GCF(Green Climate Fund of UN),
Senior Climate Change Specialist
Country Relationship Manager
4 years of experience in macro economist
14 years of experience in climate change diplomacy,
policy formulation, analysis, implementation with
50 individual governments in Africa, LDS and SIDS
Mr. Sylvain Maliko
ex-AfDB(African Development Bank) Country Director in DRC
ex-Senior Economist, UN Economic Commission for Africa
ex-Minister of Economy, Planning and International Cooperation, CAR
Over 30 years of experience in economic development planning
programmes management
Dr. Belay Begashaw
MDG Center for Eastern and Southern Africa
ex-Minister of Agriculture, Ethiopia
Over 20 years experience in agriculture extension and rural development
Mr. Derek Ramsamooj
Over 25 years experience working with leading political figures in the Eastern Caribbean,
Surinam, Guyana and Belize
Expert on political economy of small island developing states.
Expert in political and economic implications of multilateral agreement such as EPA
and UN resolutions on Climate Change for small island economies and developing nations.
Dr. WanHee Kim
ex-Chairman of KOIMA ( KOREA IMPORTERS ASSOCIATION)
Economics Doctor
Mr.Hakyoo Kim
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