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Our Team and Advisors

AZA Finance is home to Africa’s most experienced fintech executive team.

Executive Team

The longest-running team in African fintech with decades of experience in African business, payments, treasury and operations.

Elizabeth Rossiello

Chief Executive Officer
20 years working in African financial services. Columbia University, MA Finance.

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Adam Gouevia

Chief Financial Officer
19 years experience in investments, trading, and FX.
UC Davis, MBA Finance.

Michael Nderitu

Chief Risk Officer
20 years experience in investments, trading, and FX. USIU Africa.

Callum Dryden

Chief Technology Officer
19 years technical experience. Edinburgh University, Engineering.

Muhammad Inuwa

Chief Compliance Officer
17 years experience in Financial Crime Risk, AML. Compliance & Due Diligence Operations. University of Maiduguri

Premo Ojokojo

Chief People & Operations Officer
20 years experience in Human Resource Advisory, HR Strategies & Policy Formulation. University of Ilorin.

Board of directors

Highly experienced investor and board member, served as Chair of the Board of Hertz, and held board seats at Ingram Micro, Jacobs Engineering Group, NCR, and Western Union.

Former partner of GRP Partners, cofounder of Fayne Levinson Associates, and senior executive at Creative Artists Agency.

Spent nine years at McKinsey & Company, where she was the first woman partner.
Linda Fayne LevinsonBoard Chair, AZA Finance
Linda Fayne Levinson
40+ years of experience in venture capital investing, largely recognised as a “Founding Father” of the venture capital industry.

Co-founder and past chairman of Apax Partners.

He has helped build and foster the growth of numerous major global companies, including America Online, Office Depot, Cadence Systems, Apple Computer, FORE Systems, NTL, IntraLinks, and Audible.
Alan PatricofAZA Finance, Founder & MD Greycroft
Alan Patricof
15 years experience in fintech investing around the globe, helping launch and introduce their technologies and businesses into Japan and Asia.

Board member of fintech firms Elliptic, Moven and Antworks.

Co-founder of ARUHI (Previously known as Good Loan Co. Ltd. later as SBI Mortgage Co. Ltd.), listed in Tokyo Stock Exchange on December 2017.
Tomoyuki NiiDirector, AZA Finance, Executive Officer, SBI Investments
Tomoyuki Nii
Highly experienced investor and board member, Served as Chair of the Board of Hertz, and a held board seats at Ingram Micro, Jacobs Engineering Group, NCR, and Western Union.

Former partner of GRP Partners, cofounder of Fayne Levinson Associates, and senior executive at Creative Artists Agency.

Spent nine years at McKinsey & Company, where she was the first woman partner.
Linda Fayne LevinsonBoard Chair, AZA Finance
Linda Fayne Levinson
40+ years of experience in venture capital investing, largely recognized as a “Founding Father” of the venture capital industry.

Co-founder and past chairman of Apax Partners.

He has helped build and foster the growth of numerous major global companies, including America Online, Office Depot, Cadence Systems, Apple Computer, FORE Systems, NTL, IntraLinks, and Audible
Alan PatricofAZA Finance, Founder & MD Greycroft
Alan Patricof
15 years experience in FinTech investing around the globe, helping launch and introduce their technologies and businesses into Japan and Asia.

Board member of FinTech firms Elliptic, Moven and Antworks.

Co-founder of ARUHI (Previously known as Good Loan Co.,Ltd, later as SBI Mortgage Co.,Ltd.), listed in Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec 2017.
Tomoyuki NiiDirector, AZA Finance, Executive Officer, SBI Investments
Tomoyuki Nii

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