ConnectGlobalExecutives.com
A robust pipeline of diverse executives and board members for global organisations & leaders seeking such talent.
Echo chambers may be comfortable but they are inherently self-limiting. In the post-pandemic age, with the world changing faster than ever, it is diversity that unlocks the key to success.
Gareth Southgate, England Football Manager
What?
ConnectGlobalExecutives.com
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An app built for under represented executives & decision makers looking for global Partners, Careers, Networks and Investors
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A curated network of global disrupters and executives who are looking to build innovative, inclusive companies that reflect their diverse customer base
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A robust pipeline of diverse executives and board members for global leaders seeking such talent
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An opportunity for companies to connect, recruit, diversify, expand, acquire or source executive talent & business opportunities
Why?
It's 2023 and the lack of diversity at Executive level in many companies is astounding.
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Covid-19 and the murder of George Floyd no doubt exacerbated a shift that was already being seen (albeit very slow), that things needed to change
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While it’s true, many economies & companies are still battling with COVID-19 and its effects, inclusion and diversity is a topic far too important to be put onto the back burner
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Companies showcasing inclusivity statements, diversity and/or green ideas on job adverts, company brochures and websites are doing nothing more than lip service where this is not followed through with concrete action(s)
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Customers and talent throughout the world are demanding change and are vocal and willing to vote with their feet, wallets and the click of a button. Brown or green washing is no longer enough
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So, whether it be: diversity; hybrid working; technology; climate change; environmental; and/or social issues, companies need to listen and move fast to ensure their executive bench(es) reflect the demography of their customer base especially in the countries in which they operate. This will be critical in ensuring they offer innovative and relevant products, services and tone
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Those resisting calls for change risk being left behind and replaced by disruptors who are not just willing to change, but are also able to do so quickly
How?
Networking
Knowledge Sharing
Partnerships
Recruitment
Events
Coaching
London, Berlin, Paris, New York, Silicon Valley
Executive Profiles
* Below is an example of what our diverse community will look like and will initially consist of: people I know, people I have done business with (Executive Search & Recruitment/Executive Coaching), LinkedIn 1st contacts. I have a further list of 600+ innovative disrupters who are building successful companies through innovation: (fintech, edutech, health tech, SaaS, MaaS, clean energy, teaching code ... and more).
Our app will consist of: a curated network of global disrupters and executives who are looking to build innovative, inclusive companies that reflect their diverse & global customer base.
AFRICA
BETTY MWANGI
Job Title: CEO
Company: Jumia (Kenya
Sector: eCommerce
Country: Kenya
Jumia has raised: $1.2bn
KENFIELD GRIFFITH
Job Title: CEO
Company: Ajua
Sector: Fintech / CRM
Country: Nigeria
Raised: $1.5m
MIKUL SHAH
Job Title: Founder
Company: EatOut
Sector: Foodtech
Country: Kenya
EatOut has raised: $500k
PETER NJONJO
Job Title: CEO
Company: Twiga Foods
Sector: Agritech
Country: Kenya
Raised: $157m
KAMAL BUDHABHATTI
Job Title: CEO
Company: Craft Silicon
Sector: Fintech
Country: Kenya
ARR: $6m
MARCELLO SCHERMER
Job Title: Head of Int Expansion
Company: YOKO
Sector: Fintech
Country: South Africa
YOKO has raised: $106m
CFO
CORDEL ROBIN-COKER
Job Title: CEO
Company: Carry1st
Sector: Gaming
Country: South Africa
Raised: $30m
CIKU MUGAMBI
Job Title: Chief of Staff & Investor Relations
Company: Kobo 360
Sector: Logistics
Country: Nigeria
Kobo 360 has raised: $37.3m
DIP PATEL
Job Title: Global Head of Financial Services
Company: Wasoko
Sector: MAAS
Country: Kenya
Wasoko has raised: $143.6m
CFO
JAMES MWORIA
Job Title: CEO
Company: Centum Investment
Sector: PE, Real Estate
Country: Kenya
Centum NSE market Cap: ~$1.2bn
ROSE GOSLINGER
Job Title: Founder
Company: Pula
Sector: Insuretech
Country: Kenya
Raised: $6m
ROBIN REECHT
Job Title: Founder
Company: Kune Food
Sector: Foodtech
Country: Kenya
Raised: $1.m
GIL OVED
Job Title: Co-founder & CEO
Company: Bella Thaler Investments (SPAC focusing on African $800m- 1.2bn TMT 's.)
Country: South Africa
FAIZA DEVJI
Job Title: Customer Intel Services
Company: JUMO
Sector: Mobile/tech
Country: South Africa
JUMO has raised: $214.4m
JOSEPH MUCHERU
Job Title: Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of ICT
Org: Govt of Kenya; (ex. Google Kenya)
Country: Kenya
ASIA & AUSTRALIA
ARTHUR HUANG
Job Title: CEO
Company: Miniwiz
Sector: Circular Economy
Country: Taiwan
Raised: $15m
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PAUL NDICHU
Job Title: Founder
Company: Wapi Pay
Sector: Fintech
Country: Singapore
Raised: $2.2m
MADHAV KRISHNA
Job Title: CEO
Company: Vahan
Sector: Recruitment app
Country: India
Raised: $8m
MARK TANNER
Job Title: Co-founder
Company: Qwilr
Sector: SaaS
Country: Australia
Raised: $8.9.m
TANMAY JAIN
Job Title: Product Lead (B2B, B2C)
Company: Ex-Atlassian/Amazon/Canva
Country: Australia
AMERICA
TOPE AWOTONA
Job Title: CEO
Company: Calendly
Sector: SaaS
Country: USA
Raised: $350m
GILLIAN MARCELLE
Job Title: CEO
Company: Resilience Capital Ventures
Sector: VC
Country: USA
Fund size: $75m
BEN ZIOMEK
Job Title: CTO
Company: Actuate
Sector: Software as Security
Country: USA
Raised: $10.3m
ERIC GUICHARD
Job Title: CEO
Company: Orango Investments (ex. World Bank)
Sector: VC
Country: USA
SARAMENKER
Job Title: CEO
Company: Gro Intelligence
Sector: AI/Agritech
Country: USA
Raised: $115.3m
NOAH KAGAN
Job Title: CEO
Company: Appsumo
Sector: e-Commerce (SaaS)
Country: USA
ARR: ~$80m
JON GOSIER
Job Title: CEO
Company: Filmhedge
Sector: Film Finance
Country: USA
Raised: $100m
EDWARD HIGHTOWER
Job Title: President
Company: Lordstown Motors Corporation (ex GM)
Sector:Auto/EV
Country: USA
ADEYEMI AJAO
Job Title: Managing Partner
Company: Base 10
Sector: VC
Country: USA
Raised: $450m
MARCIA KILGORE
Job Title: Founder
Company: Beauty Pie
Sector: Skincare
Country: USA
Raised: $100m
GUILLAUME MOUBECHE
Job Title: CEO
Company: Lempire
Sector: CRM
Country: USA
ARR: $10m
HEATHER KASHNER
Job Title: COO
Company: Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Sector: Politics
Country: USA
AISHA BOWIE
Job Title: CEO (ex NASA)
Company: Stemboard
Sector: IT & Services
Country: USA
Revenue: ~$2m-10m
EBONY BECKWITH
Job Title: Salesforce Chief Business Officer; Chief of Staff to Marc Benioff
Company: Salesforce
Sector: CRM
Country: USA
SHEELA SUBRAMANIAN
Job Title: VP, Future Forum
(ex. Google & Jana)
Company: Slack
Sector: SaaS
Country: USA
XAVIER ROLET
Job Title: Chairman & CEO
Company: World Quantum Growth Acquisition Corporation
Sector: SPAC
Country: USA
SPAC: $200m
NATHAN EAGLE
Job Title: Ex. Founder
Company: Jana
Sector: Apps
Country: USA
Raised: $93.7m. Has exited. Now an investor.
REBECCA ENONCHONG
Job Title: CEO
Company: Appstech
Sector: Apps
Country: USA
LIAM GERADA
Job Title: CEO
Company: Krepling
Sector: SaaS
Country: USA
Company Market value: $1.6m
ALEX TSADO
Job Title: Founder
Company: Ahura AI
Sector: AI
Country: USA
Raised: $3.3m
EUROPE
CAMERON PRUMAL
Job Title: Director of Commercial Operations, UK
Company: mKopa (Kenya)
Sector: Fintech
Country: UK
mKopa has raised: $263m
WALTER KREISEL
Job Title: Founder
Company: Neoom
Sector: Renewable Energy
Country: Austria
Raised: $11m
JULIAN WOOD
Job Title: Senior Exec & Advisor/Non-Exec
Sector: Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure
Expertise: Investment, Commercial & Bus. Dev.
Country: UK
GARY HERSHAM
Job Title: Founder
Company: Beauchamp Estates
Sector: High end real estate/property
Country: UK
ALEXANDER OSTERWALDER
Job Title: Co-Founder
Company: Strategyzer
Sector: Biz models
Country: Switzerland
ELIZABETH ROSSIELLO
Job Title: CEO
Company: Aza
Sector: FX Trading
Country: UK
Raised: $20m
MARY DAVIS
Job Title: Portfolio Mngr
Company: Caxton Europe
Sector: Private Investor
Country: UK
LEE CHAMBERS
Job Title: Founder
Company: Phenom Games
Sector: eCommerce, video games
Country: UK
Sold & exit: 2020
ANTHEA STEPHENSON
Job Title: Founder
Company: Wild Raddish
Sector: Foodtech
Country: UK
Raised: $398k
KEVIN NG'ANG'A
Job Title: Country Lead
Company: Verto
Sector: FX Broker
Country: UK
Company has raised: $12.3m
ROBIN LUMSDEN
Job Title: Managing Partner
Company: Lumsden & Partner
Sector: Legal
Country: Austria
ERIKA BRODNOCK
Job Title: Co-founder
Company: Kami
Sector: IT & services
Country: UK
Raised: $1.7m
PARMINDER BAHRI
Job Title:: Exec Producer
Company: Wall Street Journal
Sector: Media
Country: UK
FLORIAN GSCHWANDTNER
Job Title: Founder
Company: Runtastic
Sector: Fitnesstech
Country: Austria
Exit: Sold to Adidas
PEACE ITIMI
Job Title: Head of Growth
Company: Stax
Sector: Payments Software
Country: UK
Stax has raised: 245m
ALASTAIR HUNTER
Job Title: Exec. Director
Company: Hottinger Group
Sector: Wealth Mngt
Country: UK
TINA MAVRAKI
Job Title: MD
Company: Ingenios Ltd
Expertise: Corporate governance and ESG architectural design
Country: UK
Misc: Ex Morgan Stanley and Citi
JASON DE CARTERET
Job Title: Head of Solar Century Africa
Company: Solar Century
Sector: Renewable Energy
Country: UK
Solar Century has raised: $27.2m
JOYETA DAS
Job Title: Co-Founder & Chairperson
Company: Gyana
Sector: AI
Country: UK
Raised: $3.9m
BRUNO MENDES DA SILVA
Job Title: Co-founder & CEO
Company: Heex Tech
Sector: AI
Country: France
Raised: $2.1m
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TANYA CHIKANZA
Job Title: CFO & Board
Company: Bushveld Minerals
Sector: Mining
Country: UK/South Africa
NNAMDI EMELIFEONWU
Job Title: Founder
Company: Definely
Sector: Legal tech
Country: UK
Raised: $3m
An example of what our customised
Member Profiles will look like.
We will work with our community of diverse executive leaders to make them relatable & approachable. Our content creation team will create customised profiles incl. videos to tell their stories and appeal to young, diverse, global, & mobile native generations. This not only attracts talent to their orgs., but also builds their personal as well as company brand.
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Founder: Miriam Mukasa
Executive Search | Executive Coach |
Leadership Development | Diversity & Inclusion
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Performance driven Executive Coach & Executive Recruiter at: ExecutiveGlobalCoaching.com
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International experience - I have recruited, coached & trained clients & candidates from more than 70 countries.
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Clients include co-founders who have raised US$200m+
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Engaged by UK, USA, EU CEOs looking to expand their global footprint (namely in Africa) or those looking to establish a more diverse, senior executive/leadership bench
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Experience in building relationships with, as well as recruiting to, Fortune 500 companies, fast growth tech start-ups as well as family run businesses
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Clients & partners range from fast growth (tech) start-ups to multinationals in sectors including: FMCG, Mining, Technology, Management Consulting, Banking, and Venture Capital
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Clients have included those who have scaled their operations from 3 to 2,000 employees within 3 years and engaged me to help them scale up their operations
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Coaching leaders to build and adopt a 'Coaching Culture' within their organisations
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Coaching C-Level and those in succession to build, manage & lead inclusive, innovative, multicultural, cross-functional, cross-generational teams & orgs., in the current & post pandemic (hybrid working) world
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Recruited, coached & trained candidates who have passed McKinsey & Co. case studies and secured job offers
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In addition to coaching C-Level & other leaders, I have also trained, coached, & mentored over 150+ students and graduates in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania who have gone on to secure internships as well as graduate roles at: Uber, GE, KPMG, Unilever, Andela, EABL, Deloitte, Safaricom, PwC, BAT, Microsoft, Philips and more
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Over 20+ yrs recruitment experience incl. 10+ yrs as coach to senior execs from the USA, UK, Germany, Austria, South Africa, Kenya & more
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Training workshops in Europe - I have run business workshops & trained executives from various multinationals including: Siemens, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca and GKN plc
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Academic & Professional Experience - I am a graduate of Sussex University, UK and hold a B.A. honours degree in Economics. I also hold BPS (British Psychological Society, UK), Level A Certification in Psychometric (Aptitude/Ability) testing and in 2005 - Prince2® UK registered (Project Management) Practitioner
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Hobbies & volunteering - When not coaching or recruiting, I enjoy mentoring students & graduates, going on 5k runs with our dog, trying out different flavours of ice creams, listening to start-up founders, industry leaders, biographies on Audible and improving on my bread making skills
Companies I have partnered with, or recruited to...
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