Cameron Khosrowshahi

About Cameron Khosrowshahi

Emerging Markets and Private Capital Mobilization Expert with over two decades of experience working with global corporations, institutional investors and Sovereign Wealth Funds in 30 countries. • Leads all investment activities for 17-agency U.S. government Prosper Africa Presidential Initiative in three program areas: Scale-Level Mobilization of Institutional Capital, Early Stage Innovation Investment in the Industries of Tomorrow, and Catalytic Capital Deployment • Leads Prosper Africa\'s Institutional Investor Initiative that has mobilized $3.5 billion by launching new investment products targeted towards the developing world and bringing together US and African institutional investors to co-invest in sustainable infrastructure and growth capital in Africa. • Seeded the $100 million balance sheet of the first privately run investment grade guarantee provider devoted to sustainable infrastructure in developing countries alongside other partners. • Scaled up USAID\'s INVEST Initiative into a $194 million global Blended Finance Platform that mobilized over $1 billion in private capital • Donor community thought leader on implementing coherent Private Capital Mobilization and Blended Finance strategies to achieve SDG goals • Served in leadership roles structuring funds, facilities, and project finance deals in over 15 countries • Leveraged extensive experience working with major international donors, development banks, Sovereign Wealth Funds, local governments and financial institutions Cameron was a founding member of USAID\'s Private Sector Engagement Hub and the Managing Director of the Investment Team at Prosper Africa, a 17-agency Presidential Initiative to increase trade and investment between the United States and the African continent. Cameron has designed and executed transactions and development projects in the areas of private equity and SME investment funds, sustainability and local business growth, project finance, municipal finance, early stage finance, capital markets development, privatization, and workforce development. He also served as a pre-launch member of the Power Africa Presidential Initiative and was part of a small USAID team that secured Power Africa\'s private sector commitments from investors and corporations totaling over $20 billion. Cameron\'s expertise extends to the IT sector as well, where he has served in the senior management of two Silicon Valley firms. Cameron has traveled and lived extensively in Africa, the Middle East and North Africa. He speaks Arabic, Farsi and French.

Experience

1. Managing Director, Investments, Prosper Africa

   USAID

   Sep 2021 — Present · DC, US

   Investment Team Lead for Presidential Initiative across 17 U.S. government agencies to drive trade and investment flows between Africa and the United States. • Manages a multi-million dollar budget devoted to transaction facilitation, catalytic capital for early stage businesses, and de-risking activities for large institutional investors interested in exposure to Africa• Leads Prosper Africa\'s Institutional Investor program that brings US large investors to Africa to explore opportunities and understand how to manage real and perceived risk.• Developing a portfolio of large transactions in Africa in sectors such as resilient infrastructure, private equity and debt that can crowd in US institutional investors at scale, securing both risk adjusted returns and demonstrated ESG impact. • Structured the $275M CRRH bond transaction underwritten by Bank of America, the first time a West African affordable housing issuer was able to access global markets for lower cost, longer term capital to build generational wealth for everyday Africans.

Education

• J. William Fulbright Fellowship, Kingdom of Morocco

  Moroccan Privatization and Capital Market Development

  1995 — 1996

• Lehigh University

  Bachelor of Arts, Political Science

  1987 — 1991

• Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

  Masters, International Economics

  1993 — 1995