
Utilizing an ESG+ investment approach, SEAF provides growth capital and operational support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets to build climate resilience, food security, and inclusion.
Founded in 1989 as the private equity investment subsidiary of the international development organization CARE, SEAF ("Small Enterprise Assistance Funds") evolved in 1995 into an independent organization specializing in the sponsorship and management of investment funds targeting growth-oriented, emerging enterprises located in countries underserved by traditional sources of capital. SEAF has managed more than 40 funds and founded 14 Centers for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development (CEED) across 33 countries. SEAF has made more than 430 risk capital investments in entrepreneurs whose products and services create more equitable, sustainable, and financially stable communities.
Hemendra Mathur
Managing Director, SEAF India
Hemendra Mathur served as Managing Director of SEAF India Investment Advisors, the investment manager for the SEAF India Agribusiness Fund. He was the key quoted spokesperson and fund manager for the India agribusiness strategy, including press coverage in VCCircle and Agri Investor. He has since moved on and is now known in the Indian agri-VC ecosystem as a venture partner and agri-tech investor.
Jamal Abisourour
Vice President (Morocco)
Giorgi Basilia
Associate (Georgia)
Jan Cherim
ExCo Vice Chair for EMEA
Gary Dodge
Managing Director (Washington DC)
Armands Fomicevs
Managing Director (Georgia)
Mark Grant
Finance & Administration Manager
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Muhammad Maruf Hossain
Associate (Washington DC)
Jeri Jensen
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Piotr Kalaman
Managing Director (Warsaw)
Asif Mahmood
Managing Director (Bangladesh)
Tom Monaco
ExCo Vice Chair for Americas & Asia
Ezra Musoke
Managing Director (Tanzania)
Oleg Osipenko
Chief Country Representative
Peter Righi
CEED Global Director
Moctar Sarr
Managing Director West & Central Africa
Paul Sheehan
CEO
Nikola Stefanovic
Managing Director (Belgrade)
Salome Svanadze
Vice President (Washington DC)
Bert van der Vaart
Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer
Robert Vodicka
Vice President (Washington DC)
George Zhang
Managing Director (Chengdu)
Sarah Alexander
BoardBoard of Directors
Javed Hamid
BoardChairman, Board of Directors
Tine Knott
BoardBoard of Directors
Fons Marcelis
BoardBoard of Directors
Yasmin Saadat
BoardBoard of Directors
Peter Sullivan
BoardBoard of Directors
Peter Zakowich
BoardBoard of Directors
Gerry Johnson
AdvisorSEAF Advisor
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