Frontier Market Investing - E1: Brendan Mullen-Secha Capital. How do you leverage human capital to drive growth? What's the investment opportunity in SMEs?

E1: Brendan Mullen-Secha Capital. How do you leverage human capital to drive growth? What's the investment opportunity in SMEs?

02/14/19 • 24 min

In this interview Brendan Mullen, co-founder and Managing Director of Secha Capital, talks about the firm's differentiated approach to Private Equity, specifically suited for working with its portfolio companies, prioritizing sweat equity and a longer term partnership with companies in the 'missing middle'.

Host: Hunter Sims
Producer: Hunter Sims
Music: "Nowhere Land" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

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Introduction

I'm very excited to start the Frontier Market Investing podcast! This podcast is all about frontier markets, from forming institutions, to innovative ways of deploying capital, to running a successful new venture in emerging markets, there is a lot I am excited to learn.

This podcast is an interview-based podcast, focused on learning from practitioners at leading institutions around the world.

About the Host:
My name is Hunter Sims, and I'm currently an MBA student at the University of Cambridge. I began my career in Corporate and Commercial Banking in the United States, before transitioning to Rwanda working at a microfinance institution, Urwego Bank. I'm passionate about investing in the majority world, and I'm excited to deepen my knowledge and understanding of this sector through these guest interviews.

Host: Hunter Sims
Producer: Hunter Sims
Music: "Nowhere Land" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Next Episode

E2: Machal Karim - CDC Group - How do you integrate impact into deal flow? What's the role of principles and guidance in driving investment?

I'm really excited to introduce this headline episode with Machal Karim.

Machal is currently an Executive in CDC Group's Development Impact team. She has over 10 years of experience working in frontier markets. Before CDC Group she worked with the Mastercard Foundation, the UN Capital Development Fund, Oxford Policy Management, and Leapfrog Investments just to name a few.

In this episode we talk about integrating impact into the deal flow process, and the role of principles and guidelines to protect consumers and stoke investment in emerging markets.

Host: Hunter Sims
Producer: Hunter Sims
Music: "Nowhere Land" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License