Lasitha Perera

Co-founder

Over 23 years of debt capital markets and structured finance experience in developed and developing markets
Including 8 years working at Barclays Capital in London and New York focussed on distributing structured debt products to institutional investors in Europe and the US

Last 12 years with GuarantCo, a leading local currency guarantor focused on developing capital markets in Africa and Asia rated
AA- by Fitch and A

Appointed CEO of GuarantCo in 2017 and tripled portfolio to USD 950 million across Africa and Asia and doubled capital base to over USD 650 million

Established an innovative partnership with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) resulting in the first local currency bonds from Ghana and Kenya being listed offshore

Conceptualised the “InfraCredit” local currency guarantor model in Nigeria which is now being replicated in multiple frontier
markets 

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