[MBA (UK), JD (USA), BA (USA)]

Mr. Clarke has many years of international legal and corporate finance experience with multinational organizations such as BP Amoco, where he served as Group Legal Counsel in their acquisitions department. Mr. Clarke has also held the position of Deputy Director for Trade and Investment at the African America Institute (AAI) and Programme Director for the Africa Regional Assistance Electoral Fund (AREAF), established to assist African countries’ transition to democracy.
 
Mr. Clarke gained extensive private equity experience in Africa having served as legal counsel and partner with two southern African focused private equity funds: (i) US$120 million Southern African Enterprise Development Fund (SAEDF); and (ii) Sloan Financial Groups US$100 million New Africa Advisors Fund. He has served as Managing Principal for Cable Partners Africa, a technology focused private equity group. Most recently, Mr. Clarke was with the special projects division of Lonrho Africa Plc where he oversaw their Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), division with direct responsibility for acquisition strategies in the water and related products group.
 
Mr. Clarke holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from the University of Texas at Austin, USA; a Juris Doctorate (Law) from the University of Denver, School of Law, USA; and Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Said Business School, Oxford University, England, and is admitted as an Advocate to the High Court of South Africa.  He is also a member of the Institute of Directors South Africa and a Fellow Chartered Management Institute (FCMI).
 
Colin has served on the board of directors of: ATIO – SA, MSI (now CelTel), and FP du Touit, and now Connex.