Nearly two decades
of underwriting
what others won't touch.
Political & Credit Risk Underwriting
19+ years reading sovereign and corporate risk in markets where most pricing desks rely on colour-coding rather than analysis. Cover that lets banks, exporters and investors transact — even in fragile state economies — without mis-reading the map. Risk Management and Financial Analysis are my top LinkedIn-endorsed skills.
Applied to
- Sovereign & sub-sovereign non-payment
- Bank lending guarantees
- Trade & pre-export cover
- Single-obligor & portfolio cover
- Fragile & frontier state economies
- Reinsurance & risk participation
Business Strategy & Risk Management
Two decades of strategic planning across central banking and trade insurance. Designing risk mitigation strategies that attract private capital to African states, grow institutional balance sheets, and translate complex risk environments into bankable deals. Business Strategy is endorsed by 23 peers; Strategic Planning by 14.
Applied to
- Risk origination & business development
- Private sector capital attraction
- SME Credit Guarantee design
- Export Processing Zone evaluation
- Counterparty & jurisdiction mapping
- ITFA global trade finance standards
Development Finance & Advisory
Working with DFIs, multilaterals and founders on bankable deals that actually crowd in private capital. Grounded in central banking policy — including the establishment of Tanzania's SME Credit Guarantee Scheme — and in nearly 20 years of ATIDI's Pan-African mandate.
Applied to
- DFI deal origination & diligence
- Blended-finance design
- Agri & SME capital strategy
- Impact & additionality framing
- Economic policy evaluation
- Fund / facility review
Endorsed by colleagues at ATIDI, banking counterparties, and fellow ITFA members.
A quiet, disciplined process.
Listen
A short, honest conversation about the deal, the obligor, the pressure and the timeline. No pitch.
Map
Counterparties, flows, jurisdictions, covenants. A written view of what's actually risky — and what only looks risky.
Structure
The instrument, cover, or facility that matches the real risk — not the risk that's convenient to insure.
Support
Through syndication, documentation and, when needed, when something breaks. Patient. Quiet. Present.