Frank Aswani

Dr Frank Aswani is the CEO of the African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA), a network of social investors collaborating to increase the flow of capital (grants, debt, or equity & non-financial capital) into social investments in Africa to address the continent’s SDG financing gap. He is a Kenyan national residing in Johannesburg and holds a Veterinary Medicine Degree from the University of Nairobi and an MBA from GIBS (Gordon Institute of Business Studies), University of Pretoria, South Africa. Frank has extensive experience across both the private and social sectors. He spent 14 years in healthcare with Eli Lilly working in Kenya, England, Switzerland and South Africa. At Eli Lilly, Frank served as the Sales Director for South Africa and the Regional Director for Sub-Sahara Africa managing over 25 countries in Anglophone and Lusophone Sub-Sahara Africa. Frank was the VP and Director of Strategic Relations at the African Leadership Academy (ALA) in Johannesburg where he led ALA’s corporate partnerships, business development and fundraising activities. His other stints include time at Absolute Return for Kids (ARK) as the Africa Regional Director and a consultancy in innovation and youth unemployment. In addition to his role at AVPA, Frank serves as visiting faculty at the Oxford Saïd Business School Social Finance and impact investing programs and sits on the investment committee of the MasterCard Foundation Africa Growth Fund and the Advisory board of Oryx Fund of Funds.