Sundeep Bahanda has more than three decades of investment analysis, consulting, finance and operational experience.  

Sundeep is one of the co-founders of Azura Power, a Pan-African energy company and was its co-MD primarily focused on capital raising, structuring and investor relationships during the development stage.

Prior to setting up Amaya Capital, he was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank in the Equities Division where he was the Head of the No.1 ranked European Retail Research Team and the No. 1 ranked European Retail Equity Analyst. Later, Sundeep became responsible for the bank's European Sales coverage for the Retail/Consumer sector.

Sundeep also had a career ih Andersen Consulting and Zeneca after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse in Scotland. He was born and grew up in Glasgow, graduated at the University of Strathclyde, is a member of the YPO and a trustee of the Aurum Kaleidoscope Foundation.

Phillip Ihenacho has more than 30 years of corporate finance, consulting and operational experience. 

Phillip is a co-founder of Amaya Capital and was the Chairman of Azura Power and Interim CEO of Seven Energy until 2016.

He was previously CEO of UBA Capital Europe and was a co-founder of the premier West African investment bank, Afrinvest West Africa. He has been involved in capital raising and acquisition advisory mandates in Ghana, Nigeria, and Cote d’Ivoire. Prior to Afrinvest, Phillip worked for McKinsey & Co. in New York, London, Stockholm and Johannesburg.

Phillip has a BA in History from Yale University and a JD in law from Harvard Law School. He is on the Africa Council of The Nature Conservancy, one of the largest conservation organisations based in the US, and is also a trustee of the Tusk Trust, a UK based, conservation organisation.  He was born in Lagos and grew up in Jos, Nigeria.

Dr David Ladipo has more than 25 years of experience in academia, strategy consulting and operational experience. 

David is a partner of Amaya Capital and one of the co-founders of Azura Power and was its co-MD focused on building its operational and executional capabilities during its early years.

He is the founder of Lintstock, a London-based corporate advisory firm whose clients include more than 80 companies in the FTSE 350.  He is also an adviser at Nestor Advisors, a corporate governance consultancy that works primarily with companies in Continental Europe and the Middle East.  Earlier in his career, he was a Fellow of Churchill College Cambridge and a Lecturer at the University of Nottingham.  

David holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, an MPhil in International Relations from Cambridge University, and a PhD in Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge University. He was born in Lagos and grew up in Nigeria, Kenya, and the UK.

Peter Breese is a Non-Executive Director of Amaya and has over 45 years of finance experience since he started his career with Bankers Trust in 1973 with a focus on finance, governance and regulatory matters. He is currently a NED of Amaya Capital Ltd, Azura Power Holdings Ltd and a Board Advisor to Africa Risk Consulting, a company that provides political, reputation and business risk consulting services to new, established and potential investors in Africa. He is also founder of LatinCo, a company that advises mid-cap Brazilian entities seeking international partners and investors. Peter has a MBA from Havard Business School and graduated at George Washington University.

Malcolm Gilroy is a Non-Executive Director of Amaya and has extensive experience holding executive board positions in financial intermediaries and banks in addition to non-profits including health agencies and environmental charities. His expertise extends to investment management and he is an expert in risk management and the use of derivative instruments. Malcolm has worked in both Canada and Africa and is currently a NED of Amaya Capital Ltd and has directorships at Logan Wealth Management in Toronto, The Jane Goodall Institute, Global and Lupus Canada. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute.