Odeke Ekirapa
Vice President - Corporate Finance
Odeke is a Vice President at IMBC. Odeke has over 10 years of experience in leading multidisciplinary, multinational projects in high performing teams in sectors spanning Corporate Finance, Real Estate, and Commercial Retail.
Odeke has been able to leverage his expertise to advise Family Businesses on developing sales and finance strategies to drive business growth in addition to succession planning.
He is an experienced business strategist who holds a BS/BA in Business Management from Bucknell University, USA. Prior to joining IMBC, Odeke worked at Ralph Lauren Corporation, Ekco Investments Limited as Finance Director and, most recently, at Sasema Management Company as the Head of Advisory Services.
At IMBC, Odeke oversees the M&A advisory, Equity & Debt capital raising and Private Equity advisory processes.
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Cinday Ndungu
Vice President - Corporate Finance
Cinday is a Vice President at I&M Burbidge Capital. She is a seasoned investment professional with 7 years of professional experience in M&A Transactions, Corporate Finance, Banking Relationship Management and Real Estate Project Management.
Cinday previously worked at Deloitte East Africa in Financial Advisory rising the ranks from Analyst to Senior Consultant. She played a key role in business development, market eminence, financial modelling, feasibility studies, due diligence and business valuations assignments across East and Southern Africa.
Cinday is currently a Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”) Level III Candidate and holds a Bachelor of Science in Financial Engineering.
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Grace Lutukai
Corporate Finance Associate
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Grace has worked in investment banking for over 6 years and is a Corporate Finance Associate at IMBC. Prior to joining IMBC she worked at Quantum Zenith Capital in Nigeria where she gained deal execution experience – M&A and capital raising, public and private, in West Africa across several industries (in particular consumer, logistics, healthcare, telecoms and fintech).
Grace handles a range of technical tasks in corporate finance, which encompass valuation, documentation, client structuring, and conducting supporting research for transactions.
She holds a BSc in Accounting Sciences from the University of South Africa and is a Level 2 candidate in the CFA program.
Aayush Shah
Senior Corporate Finance Analyst
Aayush is currently a Senior Corporate Finance Analyst at I&M Burbidge Capital and has been a part of the team that has successfully executed transactions in healthcare, FMCG, manufacturing and agriculture sectors across East Africa.
Aayush handles a range of technical tasks in corporate finance, which encompass valuation, documentation, client structuring, and conducting supporting research for transactions.
Aayush holds an Associated Certified Chartered Accountant (ACCA) and Chartered Public Accountant – Kenya (CPA-K) certifications. He also holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Accounting and Financial Management from Loughborough University, United Kingdom.
Joan Muiruri
Corporate Finance Analyst
Joan is a corporate finance analyst at I&M Burbidge Capital. She has over 2 years of experience in finance having worked in organizations including Centum Investment Company and Kenya Mortgage Refinancing Company.
She possesses strong attention to detail, is skilled in financial analysis and deal structuring.
Joan holds a Bachelor of Business in Financial Economics (Honours) from Strathmore University and is currently pursuing the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) qualification and Financial Modelling and Valuation Association.
Ruma Shah
Head of Audit
Zipporah Gitau
Head of Risk & Compliance