ABOUT US
dkbPARTNERS was a firm set up initially to facilitate private individuals and corporate clients to invest into global trading markets.
Through this venture we decided to re-align our majar business to offer Private Equity investments into long-term projects and companies.
This can be achieved either as direct investments or via possible credit facilities. Our approach is much more value add, than working on hundreds of different opportunities. If we can't add value we won't work on an opportunity.
We look to create wealth for all our clients, whichever side of the line they find themselves.
OUR TEAM
Alex Ntale
Partner
Aderemi Banjoko
Partner
Ian Lockwood
Partner
Stephen Morgan
Partner
Alex Ntale (Alex) is Chief Executive Office of Rwanda ICT Chamber and Founder of Fact The Gorillas Program, an annual investment pitching opportunity for hi-tech start-ups and an early stage investor in technology start-ups.
He is also co-founder and board member of Africa Smart Investments, a consortium of 15 leading ICT companies in Rwanda.
He holds a Master of Science Degree in Investment and Quantitive Finance from the University of Westminster (UK), a Post Graduate Business Technology from National Computing Centre (NCC) in UK, as well as a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from Makerere University in Uganda.
Alex's work experince and professional backgrond encompasses working as a computer engineer to financial servces broker in the City of London. He is a passionate enthusiast of technology and financial markets developments and their role to solving local, regional and global challenges. His work at the Chamber involves bridgingthe gap between private and public sector players in the ICT industry as wel as overseeing and establishing new innovation centres for technology start-ups, among them KLAB, Fablab Rwanda and LEAPR Applied Research Labs.
Dr Aderemi Banjoko (Remi) used to be an Obstetcian and Gynaecologist in the UK and has been a Private Trader and Investor with over 20 years exprience in the financial markets. He conducts Trading & Investment Seminars and Workshops for dkbMARKETS in Rwanda, Nigeria, Ghana, UK and USA.
He is also a guest lecturer at the CASS Business School in London where he teaches undergradulates and Msc students on Alternative Investment Management (AIM) including structured investments in private equity and credit allocation.
Remi is one of the main co-founders of dkbMARKETS and more recently the trading division of dkbPARTNERS. Prior to establishing dkb Remi was invloved with a number of financial firms and has been involved in the advising and establishment of both private and public sector projects.
He is also passionate about his charitable work with Solace Ministries which cares of Orphans & Widows in Rwanda.
Ian Lockwood (Ian) has worked in the financial market place for over thirty years having started with firms such as Provident Financial and then AON. He has worked across the globe and has lived & worked in Denmark, Germany, Portugal and France.
He has travelled extensively, including Rwanda and Nigeria, plus many other African countries. His wife and family have lived and worked in a number of African countries, including Malawi, Kenya, Zambia, South Africa, etc...
Ian has been involved in investments and portfolio management for many years and has headed up a number of firms that he directly and in-directly been invloved in the acquistions, both locally, regionally and nationally.
He is keen to see more investment into buinesses that struggle for one reason or another. This can be management issues, regulatory problems or just the inability to raise the right capital or investment.
Stephen Morgan (Steve) started his career at a young age working for Lloyds Bank as a junior in the dealing room before moving to JP Morgan as a trader, spending 8 years as their Senior Futures Trader on the LIFFE floor.
In 2000 the LIFFE floor closed and he went onto become the founder of a major dealing room, which employed over 40 traders. Steve worked closely withthe traders training and motivating them whilst still trading and investor for his own account.
In 2006 he sold the buisiness to Refco and stayed on to continue to help run the firm until the business was fully intergrated. He then continued trading and managing his own investment pool, along with this he estblished a new investment management firm in the City of London with Ian.
Steve is a serial investor, both in the early stages of companies, as well as taking equity in a number of firms for himself and on behalf of clinets. Steve understands the value of a deal and is always looiking at the next opporrunity.
He also acts a mentor to traders and invesment managers, along with teaching risk techniques.
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