Ayaan Zeinab Adam

Senior Director & CEO | AFC Capital Partners

Ayaan is a Senior Director at Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) & CEO of AFC’s wholly owned subsidiary, AFC Capital Partners. She has over 27 years of experience and a strong track record in emerging markets investment and asset management, private equity, infrastructure, and climate change related financing products, with a particular focus on African and Asian markets.

Prior to joining AFC, Ayaan was the head and Director of the private sector arm of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) based in South Korea.

She holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management, and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, summa cum laude from Clark University.