Paul Kokoricha

Paul Kokoricha is a Partner at African Capital Alliance. He holds a degree in Economics in 1982 from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. He worked for ten years at Arthur Andersen & Co and later spent eight years at Liberty Bank plc as Group Head of Operations with responsibility for trade finance products and customer service.

Paul Kokoricha joined African Capital Alliance in 2002 as the Chief Financial Officer before making a transition to Fund Manager role in 2004. He is currently the Managing Principal of Capital Alliance Private Equity I [CAPE I], a USD 35 million fund, and Capital Alliance Private Equity II [CAPE II], USD 100 million fund. CAPE I and CAPE II have a number of international and Nigeria based investors, including leading international development finance institutions. In his role, he champions all aspects of private equity investment management, including fundraising, deal origination, due diligence, deal structuring, investment and management of exits.

He is a Director of a number of companies, including Johnnic Communications West Africa Limited, Compact Disc Technologies Nigeria Limited, Swift Networks Limited, Cornerstone Insurance Plc, Resourcery Limited, Accat, and Nu Metro Retail Nigeria Limited.

He was appointed to the Board as a non-executive director on March 1, 2016.