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Brian Frimpong is an Associate at Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) based in Washington D.C. With six funds and over $1.6 billion under management, ECP is a leading private equity manager focused exclusively on Africa. Headquartered in Washington DC, ECP has six offices across Africa and a ten-year track record of successful investment in companies operating in over 40 countries on the continent. Prior to joining ECP in 2008, Brian started his professional career as an investment banker with Salomon Smith Barney (now Citigroup) where he was involved in capital raising, mergers & acquisitions and strategic advisory for global Fortune 500 companies in the Global Industrials Group. He then joined Freddie Mac as a senior financial analyst, where he was directly involved in the restatement and remediation process that resulted in reversing the company's $5 billion understatement in income for the 2000-2002 fiscal periods, and restructured the organization. Brian also focused on disclosures to investors related to complex new financial products to keep the company's competitiveness in the secondary mortgage markets.
Brian attended Howard University for his undergraduate studies, graduated summa cum laude Accounting and obtained a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) designation shortly afterwards. Brian also has an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a citizen of Ghana. |