Noël Yawo Eklo, Chief Executive Officer

Noël Eklo, co-founder, joined Cauris since inception in 1995 when Cauris Investissement, the first fund was established. He is a co-founder of Cauris Management, the fund management company. He held various middle and front office functions before becoming CEO in 2002.

Under his helm, Cauris Management grew 10 fold from €8m under management to a cumulated €83m over three generations of funds. Noël structured and exited various transactions, and represents Cauris managed funds on the board or strategic committees of various portfolio companies, of which CDCI, BBG-CI, SODIGAZ, SWINDEVCO, FIFA and BOA-BF.

Before joining Cauris, he worked in internal control in a distribution company in France and then in a consulting and audit firm in Togo. He graduated from the Ecole Supérieure d’Informatique et de Gestion in Paris and the Ecole Supérieure de Gestion (ESG) in Paris.