Dr. Frank Aswani is the CEO of AVPA, a pan-African network of social investors collaborating to increase the flow of capital (grants, debt, or equity) towards impact across Africa.He’s Kenyan, living in Johannesburg, and holds a Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Nairobi and an MBA from GIBS, University of Pretoria, South Africa.His previous roles include 14 years in healthcare with Eli Lilly, where he worked in Kenya, England, Switzerland, and South Africa.

Frank is a visiting faculty member in Oxford Saïd Business School’s social finance and impact investing programs. He is also a member of the MasterCard Foundation Africa Growth Fund and the Oryx Fund of Funds, and the founder and host of the Afropact Podcast series.Frank is a passionate pan-African and a perennial Afro-optimist.