Kanini Mutooni

Kanini Mutooni is a Managing Director at Draper Richards Kaplan, a Venture Philanthropy institution focused on investing in global early-stage entrepreneurs creating impact. She is also a Senior Adviser for Toniic, the global action network for impact investors with over 300 asset owners representing over $16b in investible wealth.

Prior to this appointment, Kanini was the Director for Investment at the USAID-funded East Africa Trade and Investment Hub, a $65m, 8 country initiative to attract investment and increase trade in the East Africa region.

Kanini is a UK Chartered Accountant with a record of exceptional leadership gained in
East Africa, Europe and the United States. She is the immediate former Board Chair of
The Global Innovation Fund, a $250m investment vehicle supported by the UK, US,
Canadian, Australian and Swedish Governments. The fund focused on investing a
range of capital for early-stage innovations in emerging markets with a focus on Food
and Agriculture, Healthcare, clean energy and Fintech.

Kanini has worked at Board level in leadership positions at investment banks in London
and US, such as Bank of America-Merrill Lynch and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson. In
2014 she was recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader for
her exceptional leadership in business and global entrepreneurship.

She is currently Chair of AMREF Health Innovations and she continues to be a Senior Advisor providing
strategic advisory support to a number of Africa focused impact funds, such as the
$100m African Agriculture SME Fund and Union Bank Privee’s (UBP) listed global
equity fund. She is currently the Chair of the Investment Committee of the Africa
Enterprise Challenge Fund, a pan-African $250m challenge fund focussed on investing
in early-stage agriculture and food SMEs.

She is also visiting lecturer at the University of Capetown’s Bertha Center for Social Innovation.