Across our Investment Banking and Asset Management businesses, Cygnum Capital is a team of over 90 finance professionals, locally and globally placed to provide best-in-class advice.
Headquartered in London, and with subsidiary offices in Lagos, Dubai, Nairobi and Amsterdam, we all share a drive to deliver the best results for our clients.
We are a diverse teams of specialists across varied industries and service areas, combining local knowledge with global access, to unlock opportunities across markets.
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Philgonah joined Cygnum Capital in 2020 and is a Director in the Asset Management team.
Before joining Cygnum Capital, Philgonah was a finance assistant at Davis & Shirtliff where she was in the accounts department and responsible for providing financial information to management by researching and analysing accounting data and preparing reports for decision making.
Philgonah holds an MSc. Mathematical Finance from Strathmore University, BSc. Actuarial Science from Moi University and certifications from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) UK in Financial Mathematics and Life Contingencies. Philgonah is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA-K).
Payal joined Cygnum Capital's Investment Banking team as an Analyst in July 2022.
Payal spent a lot of time working with MDBs on innovative financing strategies as part of Cygnum Capital's Sovereign and Development Finance team. She now works as part of Cygnum Capital’s Real Economy pillar, predominantly focused on supporting capital raising, M&A and fund structuring mandates across emerging and frontiwe markets.
Payal is a BSc Economics (Hons) graduate from the University of Manchester and a MSc Finance graduate from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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