Tony Edeh

Tony is a seasoned Financial Analyst & Venture Capitalist.

He worked as the Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of New Frontiers Developments; a venture capital investment firm focused on SMEs. His wealth of experience ranges from Investment & Portfolio Management, Strategy, Financial Risk Management, Modelling, Financial Reporting, and Operations Management. In his role as CIO of New frontiers Developments, Tony originated and executed several landmark investments and private equity deals which have gained international recognition. He has worked on several green and brownfield transactions covering Oil & Gas, Power, Agriculture, Real Estate, Hospitality, Healthcare, Technology, Financial Services, and Impact Investing. Tony was part of the leadership team that successfully transformed an ailing mortgage bank and positioned it as one of the major lenders in the Nigerian financial services sector.

He started his career with the audit firm of KPMG Professional Services (formerly Arthur Andersen) where he spent nearly a decade. While at KPMG, he led various risk management projects on Basel II, Stress Testing Financial Institutions, Asset and Liability Management, and Credit & Market Risk Management. He was also accredited by KPMG International to provide advisory services to clients in Credit Risk and Economic Capital Modelling.

Mr. Edeh graduated from the University of Ilorin with a degree in Computer Science as the overall best student and attended INSEAD Business School (France and Singapore) for his MBA where he was an INSEAD-Goldman Sachs Scholar. While at INSEAD, he was the leader of the Emergent Young African Entrepreneurs. He is also an alumnus of the Wharton Program on International Housing Finance. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) and has undertaken several professional pieces of training across the globe.

 In the year 2014, Tony was nominated among the six Nigerians for the Desmond Tutu Fellowship program. He currently sits on the board of several companies in the financial services industry.