Ed Stumpf

Investment Director, African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM)

Ed has more than 20 years’ experience in corporate finance, advisory and private equity principally in emerging markets. Ed joined AIIM in 2014 as an Investment Director responsible for origination, execution and management of investments for AIIM funds. He jointly leads AIIM’s activities in the digital infrastructure and ports & logistics sectors. Since joining AIIM he has been responsible for acquisitions and disposals comprising more than USD 500 million in equity across the digital infrastructure, transportation and energy sectors. Selected recent transactions include a ZAR 1.0 billion investment into Metrofibre Networx, a fibre network operator in South Africa, the establishment of the Onix Data Centres platform and acquisition of majority interests in a carrier neutral Tier IV data centre in Ghana. Previously Ed was an Executive Director in the Advisory and Infrastructure Finance group at Standard Chartered Bank and prior to Standard Chartered, he was employed by Deloitte as a consulting Actuary to European financial services groups.

Ed currently serves as a Director on the boards of Eastcastle Infrastructure, Metrofibre Networx, Onix Data Centres and African Ports & Corridors Holdings.

He has an MBA from INSEAD (France), a B. Com (Hons) from the University of Pretoria and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (United Kingdom)