Jean has more than 20 years of experience in building and managing commodity trading businesses at leading South African financial institutions.

Prieur has more than 15 years of experience in the commodities trading and financial services arena, and founding member of Barak.

Kevin is equipped with a wealth of experience and knowledge of the Mauritius markets.

Derek Postma has extensive knowledge across sub-Sahara African regions with experience in several sectors.

Erik Viljoen has a wealth of experience across the firm’s flagship fund strategy of structured trade and commodity finance.

Matthew Robinson joined Barak’s origination team with a specific focus towards West African commodity backed transactions.

Clayton Taylor has had invaluable exposure in sub-Sahara African commercial transactions within the corporate finance sphere.

Sariel Polatinsky heads up Barak's African Base Metals and Mining desk.

Nayen’s career spans over 10 years in corporate finance and private equity.

Kyle has a wealth of experience in Capital Markets and Asset Management

Jo will be focusing on regional financial services expansion and business development for Barak Advisory.

Based in Barak's London office, Richard is responsible for origination, financial risk management and marketing of off take’s that stem from financing deals.

Zeno is based in Barak’s London office on the Metals and Mining desk focusing on deal origination and trading of bulk commodities throughout Sub Saharan Africa.

Rowan has a keen interest in finance, engineering and technology and supplemented by various tutoring positions at a number of institutions.

Neil has a particularly strong background in physical trading, market making (flow) and relative value portfolios

Prior to joining Barak, Sandiren worked for ETG Commodities Ltd in its derivative department helping Treasury to forecast and manage.

Remi has acquired 30 years of experience in agricultural commodities trading, business development and risk management in Afric

Anita joins Barak on the Credit Team with a wealth of experience in Accounting.

Kailash has been working in the Financial Services Sector for more than 9 years

Gary has over 10 years of experience in private practice where he specialized in banking and finance transactions including project, leverage and acquisition finance.

Giles has vast experience and exposure to global markets and experienced dealing with offshore fund portfolios.

Linda Sadler has had extensive on-the-ground African corporate finance and investment banking experience.

The Barak Deal Administration Team is responsible for the daily oversight of all underlying portfolio companies, from deal system programming and monitoring.

The Barak Deal Administration Team is responsible for the daily oversight of all underlying portfolio companies, from deal system programming and monitoring.

The Barak Deal Administration Team is responsible for the daily oversight of all underlying portfolio companies, from deal system programming and monitoring.

Rista brings with her 11 years experience in the financial services sector.

Prior to joining Barak Fund Management Limited, Vahini spent 12 years in Barclays PLC (Barclays Bank Mauritius Limited) where she rapidly moved up the corporate ladder to the role of Debt Manager

Prior to joining Barak, Carl spent the past 18 years working for multiple banks in London and South Africa, namely JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, HSBC, and more recently Barclays Africa.

Prior to joining Barak Sunil was the Head of Loan Syndication & Distribution at Standard Bank covering Southern & Central Africa, where he syndicated and distributed a multitude of transactions across the region.

Prior to joining Barak, Juan worked at Standard Bank Group where he joined as a Financial Manager, focusing on Financial Services: Retail Banking - management accounting and reporting.

Anisa spent ten years in the financial industry focusing on Business Development, Investor Relations and Marketing for various Hedge Funds both in London and Geneva prior to joining Barak.

Prior to joining Barak, Kishan gained invaluable experience while working at EY while servicing and auditing clients related to the mining, metals, oil and gas sectors.

Prior to joining Barak Fund Management Limited, Sidoine was Head of Group Structured Trade and Commodity Finance (“STCF”) at EcoBank Transnational Incorporated (ETI).

Prior to joining BFML, Fabien served as a financial analyst at Bloomfield Investment Corporation, in West Africa, a reference credit rating company.

Tobie is an admitted attorney and notary that also holds a master’s degree in corporate law from the University of Pretoria.