Ademola Adesina

Working with entrepreneurial management teams in challenging operating environments, I've focused on building or turning around early and growth stage enterprises for much of my career. I'm co-founder of Sabi, which is using technology to platform the informal trade economy in Africa. I founded Rensource, a pioneering West African provider of commercial & industrial solar energy. Rensource was the 2019 winner of the Financial Times / IFC Transformational Business Award for Climate and Urban Infrastructure Solutions. Prior to Rensource, I was Entrepreneur in Residence for Capricorn Investment Group, the Palo Alto based investment arm of Jeff Skoll and the Skoll Foundation. I previously led business development and corporate strategy for Aquifer, a London based investment company affiliated with Lord Sainsbury and the Gatsby Trust. I joined Aquifer from the Rockefeller Foundation in New York, where I was a founding member of an initiative that led to the creation of the Global Impact Investing Network. I began my career in the Global Markets division of JPMorgan’s investment bank in New York, where I was responsible for the structuring and distribution of credit derivatives. I have lived and worked in Africa, the USA, and Europe.