Mr. George Olaka serves as Africa Finance Corporation’s Head of Portfolio Management. He is responsible for managing AFC’s investment portfolio and provides on-going management / monitoring and evaluation and reports to AFC’s senior management on investee companies. Prior to this, George served as Business Performance & Product Controller at AFC, where his responsibilities included full financial management of AFC Equity and achievements included setting up a product control unit within the Financial Control Department to oversee Treasury activities and coordinate Treasury and Investment Divisions valuations. George has over 15 years of product control management experience. George has also worked at the Emirates National Bank of Dubai and Standard Chartered Bank.

George is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and has a bachelor’s degree in Commerce-Accounting from Kenyatta University, Nairobi, an MSC in Economic Policy from the University of London and an MBA (Global MBA) from the Manchester Business School.