Speakers

Ian Morley is a successful business angel and entrepreneur. He is Chairman of Wentworth Hall Family Office and Consultancy, where he works closely with his two sons, and Chairman of Atitlan, an award-winning crypto fund of funds. He also holds Chairman and Director roles across Salutem Healthcare, Regenerative Medical Group, Conister Bank and Condor Trade, alongside directorships spanning property, lending, blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

Ian founded and was elected the first Chairman of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the world's only $3 trillion global trade association for the hedge fund industry. He has advised Central Banks, the EU and the OECD on economics, markets and regulation, and is the author of Morley's Laws of Business and Fund Management. He is a regular speaker and Chairman on the global family office and institutional investment conference circuit.

Per Wimmer is a Danish financier, entrepreneur, adventurer, astronaut, philanthropist and author. He founded Wimmer Family Office in 2011, focused on wealth protection across private equity, real estate and public equities, combining a proprietary ETF trading approach with trend-following CTA hedge funds and allocations to absolute return hedge funds.

Prior to founding his own family office, Per held senior roles at Goldman Sachs, Collins Stewart and MAN Group. He holds an M.P. degree from Harvard University, an LL.M. from the University of London, B.A. and M.A. degrees in law from the University of Copenhagen, and an M.A. from the College of Europe. He is the published author of four books, including the award-winning autobiography The Sky Is No Limit, and is a regular space expert commentator on Sky News and the BBC.

Bridget is an economic anthropologist (PhD, Johns Hopkins University) who studies family ownership and wealth, focusing on single family offices and large business-owning families. She served as Director of Ownership Project 2.0: Private Capital Owners & Impact at University of Oxford's Saïd Business School, and led the qualitative research during the first phase of the Project. She is a Senior Research Fellow at Saïd Business School, Research Fellow of Green Templeton College, and holds a visiting appointment (2025–26) at the Politecnico di Milano.

Bridget is a Co-Investigator of a UK Research and Innovation's Future Leaders' Fellowship grant regarding the use of trusts in the UK and is Academic Director of the Polycapital Academy at Green Templeton College for philanthropy professionals and wealth-holders. Her research has been supported by the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Berlin's Center for Social Science Research, and the Gates Foundation.

At Saïd Business School, Bridget teaches Family Business and Capitalism in Debate to MBA students. Her research on families and private wealth has been discussed in Bloomberg, Financial Times, WealthNet, and Crain Currency.

Peta Milan is the Principal of Henmil Group Family Office, a Dubai-based single-family office at the forefront of Regenerative Investing. With an impressive portfolio that includes ground-breaking initiatives such as Transcendent Media Capital, a Hong Kong-based venture studio, and JET Group, which specialises in large-scale regenerative transitions for single assets, funds, portfolios and places, Peta has carved out a unique niche in the investment world.

Peta is not just an investor but an award-winning filmmaker, published author and international speaker. She is founder of the world-leading certification programme for leaders in regenerative business, investing and governance — the Embodied Regenerative Leaders Certification. She is also working with nation states to steward the World Institute for Regenerative Certifications, which certifies single assets, portfolios, funds and physical places as delivering verifiable systemic impact.

Her visionary approach aims to transcend traditional frameworks of sustainability and ESG, focusing instead on regenerative frameworks that integrate development, policy and governance to enable assets, places and people to flourish.

Farid Moeinifar is an investor with a 7+ year career spanning deal origination, business building, cross-border deal-making and investment banking. His work covers the full investment lifecycle — fund sourcing, institutional-grade due diligence, structuring, financial modelling, negotiation and ongoing portfolio oversight. Increasingly, his focus centres on portfolio construction across vintages, manager behaviour through cycles and long-term partnership alignment.

Farid has served as an investment professional with a privately-held family office operating across London and Miami, covering both fund investments and direct and co-investments. Prior to his current role at Cooper Family Office, he worked at a UK-based single-family office where he contributed to over $1.5 billion deployed across venture funds, incubators and early-stage technology companies from Seed to Pre-A, as well as real estate.

Nataliya Johnson is a UK-based investor, serial entrepreneur, public speaker, and former corporate financier and investment banker. In January 2018, she founded Vasant Capital, a London-based single family office investing on behalf of one family across private equity, real estate, private credit, infrastructure and other opportunities in the SME sector — spanning infrastructure, information technology, telecoms, real estate and renewables. The firm draws on the sophisticated investor and business owner network Nataliya has built over twenty-three years of global dealmaking.

Nataliya holds a Master's degree in International Business Management and a Bachelor's degree in International Economics and Entrepreneurship from Kyiv National Economic University, and is a graduate of the Corporate Finance Program at Harvard and the Executive Entrepreneurship Program at Bayes (formerly Cass) Business School.

Issie Armstrong is Managing Director at Aboria Capital and Managing Director of Downing Family Office, bringing over 16 years of experience across institutional real estate investment, product strategy, capital formation and investor relations.

Her career spans some of the most respected names in European asset management. At DWS Group she served as Director and Head of Real Estate Specialists, EMEA, leading product strategy and capital formation for European real estate equity. At Aviva Investors she held dual senior roles — Director of Global Product Development for Real Assets and Investment Director within the Real Assets Investment Specialists team — covering capital raising, product development and investor engagement. Earlier in her career she focused on capital raising and relationship management for UK residential strategies at LaSalle Investment Management.

Beyond her investment career, Issie is a mentor and speaker for GAIN — Girls Are Investors — where she has contributed to developing the next generation of women in investment management for nearly six years.

Julian Marwitz has had a dynamic career in investment and entrepreneurship, with a focus on cleantech and impact investments. Originally from Hamburg, he previously worked directly with the CEO of JLL, with involvement in strategic planning for growth and innovation in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He also worked as Development Manager at ECE, in Business Development for ValuStrat and at his own family office investing into sustainable real estate and private equity. He founded Arineos, focusing on energy efficiency in buildings.

Julian holds a Master of Sciences in Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Oxford and previously studied law in Geneva, Hong Kong and Germany, finishing with the German State Exam.

Alex Felman is an entrepreneurial professional currently working on his fourth startup venture. In addition he runs his own family office, Felman Family Office, and works with family offices around the world.

Alex uses his expertise in Molecular Toxicology and Bio-entrepreneurship — BA from University of California Berkeley, MBA from Copenhagen Business School — to advise family offices in biotechnology, healthcare and other emerging technology industries with the goal of maintaining long-term wealth through innovation.

He is personally involved with a number of early-stage companies, having previously worked as a mentor, advisor and director of numerous startups and venture funds. Alex specialises in business plan creation, product development, operations, successful market launches and fundraising.

Ruth is an Investment Director in the Sustainable Infrastructure Team at Gresham House, where she focuses on investments that address environmental and societal challenges while delivering attractive long-term returns. She joined Gresham House in 2020 following a career change into asset management after a 20-year career as a senior partner at a Top 100 law firm, where she led the Energy, Waste and Projects teams.

Ruth is co-fund manager of the Gresham House Biodiversity Creation strategy, a dedicated vehicle established to fund portfolio company Environment Bank in developing biodiversity-rich habitat banks across England, catalysed by the introduction of mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain for planning permissions under the Environment Act 2021.

She is a director of Environment Bank and two waste portfolio companies within the wider Sustainable Infrastructure funds' strategies.

Dr David Gasca is Head of Natural Capital at Blenheim Estate, a 5,200-hectare Estate and UNESCO World Heritage Site near Oxford. An environmental scientist by background, he brings over 25 years of experience delivering nature-based solutions across the UK. Since joining Blenheim in 2024, David has led the long-term stewardship and sustainable management of the Estate, playing a pivotal role in shaping its natural capital and future land strategies, positioning Blenheim as a leading example of how heritage estates can deliver and integrate environmental, social, and commercial value at scale.

His work centres on balancing environmental ambition with the operational, financial, and regulatory realities of managing a complex, high-profile landed estate. He brings a distinctive, practical perspective to natural capital as a real, investable asset — spanning forestry, biodiversity, water quality and water quantity — building environmental outcomes within investment decisions.

Informed by hands-on practical experience of what it takes to deliver these strategies on the ground, he champions evidence-based, systems-thinking and collaborative approaches to natural capital and landscape management across the private and public sectors.

Patrick completed a classical education with business degrees and built his early career across a range of industries — from sports and gastronomy to real estate and events. Backpacking trips around the world after finishing his studies led him to question his worldview and the so-called Western values he had grown up with, recognising that they bear little relation to the realities experienced across large parts of the world.

He founded the ChanceMaker Foundation, a non-profit that promotes a just and liveable future in which all people can lead self-determined lives within planetary boundaries. Alongside it, he invests through INNOVATION for IMPACT GmbH in business models whose core inseparably combines economic return with social and ecological impact, targeting a circular economy.

The ChanceMaker Foundation is funded by his family business and external donors. INNOVATION for IMPACT is funded solely by his family business with no external investors.

Nicki Campling is Deputy CEO of The Oxford Trust and Director of Innovation and Operations. She plays a vital role in running The Oxford Trust's innovation programme and the operation of its key sites: the Wood Centre for Innovation, Oxford Centre for Innovation and the Science Oxford Centre. She also leads the development of new projects including the Aspen Building at the Wood Centre for Innovation.

Her career has included many years in the financial industry, working with both business and personal sectors, as well as experience in travel, sales and business development. She is passionate about fostering science and innovation and feels privileged to work with start-ups, entrepreneurs and key stakeholders across the Oxford region.

Chris is a Development Director at MEPC and Commercial Director for Silverstone Park. He has direct responsibility for the delivery of MEPC's thematic investment at Silverstone Park and MEPC's urban regeneration scheme in Bristol, St Mary le Port. His team is also responsible for capital projects at Milton Park, Oxfordshire.

Chris originally joined MEPC in 2008 and was Head of Development when he left in 2015, re-joining in 2019. Over his combined time with the company he has delivered over two million square feet of development and refurbishments across life sciences, offices, industrial and retail. He specialises in place-making and was intimately involved in MEPC's acquisition of Silverstone in 2013.

Nancy Bikson is CEO of Chapel & York, one of the world's leading providers of international fundraising and philanthropy services, supporting over 450 organisations across the globe in navigating the complexities of cross-border giving.

A lawyer by training with over 40 years' experience advising private clients, family offices and charitable organisations worldwide, Nancy brings an unusually broad perspective to philanthropy — spanning legal counsel, fundraising strategy and international donor relations. She holds a BA in Late Mediaeval English History, a Juris Doctor and an LLM in Tax, and has practised and lived across the United Kingdom, United States, Australia and France.

Her specialism is cross-border philanthropy: helping ultra-high-net-worth families and globally active philanthropists structure their giving in ways that are tax-efficient, legally robust and genuinely impactful across multiple jurisdictions. Under her leadership, Chapel & York has facilitated over £1 billion in cross-border donations since 1997, operating through nine international offices and Chapel & York Foundations in eight major markets.

At UKFOS Oxford 2026, Nancy will lead the roundtable on Strategic Giving & Donor-Advised Funds: Modern Philanthropy for Global Families — a closed-door session exploring how family offices are rethinking philanthropic structures, governance and legacy in an increasingly complex regulatory environment.

Sophie Brown is a senior advisor and capital strategist working at the intersection of family offices, real estate and private markets. She is currently Head of Capital Relationships at Capital Assured, a Dubai-based family office, and CASACASA, where she focuses on connecting institutional and private capital with high-quality investment opportunities across Europe, Asia and the GCC.

An ACA-qualified accountant trained with PwC, Sophie brings over two decades of experience spanning M&A, debt and equity structuring, turnarounds and asset-backed investing. She has held Finance Director roles across private equity-backed, family-owned and FTSE 250 businesses, giving her a strong operator's perspective on value creation.

Sophie is an active Board Member of Women in Family Offices (WIFO), supporting a growing global network focused on connection, knowledge-sharing and leadership within the family office ecosystem.

Fran started her career in fund management at JPMorgan following an MA in Philosophy and Maths. After a career break travelling Europe and living off-grid in Portugal, she joined Big Society Capital (now Better Society Capital) as an Investment Director, working on a wide variety of impact investment deals.

Fran joins Figurative from Nesta, where she was Director of the Arts & Culture Investments and Programmes team, working to understand and articulate the full breadth of impact of arts, culture and the creative economy — promoting innovative funding models including impact investing, blended finance and crowdfunding.

Serena Koivurinta is stepping into her family's investment firm, which has interests spanning venture, operating businesses, acquisitions and alternative assets. The family invests directly in startups from an unusually early stage, taking a hands-on approach to helping companies develop and scale, alongside SME acquisitions and transformation projects.

She is also establishing Menerwā Ventures, an early-stage fund focused on science and technologies that strengthen European societal resilience across healthcare, biosecurity, defence and critical infrastructure.

Her perspective combines family capital, early-stage venture, operating and commercial experience. She is particularly interested in how patient private capital can support innovation before it reaches institutional scale, how next-generation investors can develop their own investment expertise, and how Europe can better fund technologies that are strategically important to its economic and strategic resilience.

Born in North West London to a working-class family, Rosalind began volunteering at the age of 14 with Camden Council's Task Force, visiting the elderly, organising events for them and working with children from disadvantaged backgrounds during the school holidays.

In January 2002 she became Programme Manager for World Jewish Relief's Gifts in Kind Programme, building the programme from scratch and ultimately exporting £33.3 million worth of humanitarian aid to Eastern Europe and countries across the former Soviet Union. When the charity closed its humanitarian aid delivery operation in 2013, she founded Goods For Good in 2014 — established from her living room table with the support of former colleague Noah Bernstein and Dutch charity partner Max Veenstra — to address the growing global imbalance between surplus and need.

Goods For Good has since supported more than five million people globally. Rosalind was awarded an MBE in the 2023 New Year Honours and, after more than a decade as Chief Executive, stepped into the role of Lifetime President in 2026, continuing to champion the organisation's mission, strengthen partnerships and drive fundraising.

Harco served 12 years at Christie's as Continental European Head and Global Managing Director of the Impressionist and Modern Art Department prior to founding Overstone Art Services. With 12 years in debt capital markets under his belt at Paribas, Bankers Trust, and Credit Suisse First Boston, Harco also founded Fredfinds.com, the UK's first online mortgage brokerage business, acquired in 2001 by Netwindfall Ltd.

Harco has an MBA from University of Hartford and is an INSEAD alumnus.

Dr. Najat Benchiba-Savenius is a trusted GCC advisor, keynote speaker and strategic partner for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and family offices seeking legacy-focused, story-driven leadership. An Oxford University graduate with a distinguished PhD, she specialises in comprehensive family office services, asset management, wealth preservation strategies and organisational leadership.

Dr. Benchiba-Savenius serves as an outsourced COO and Board Member for family offices and institutions, including a recent role with Saudi Royal Family Offices. As Founder and Director of Gazelle Advisory Group, a London-based GCC-focused firm, she provides strategic leadership and operational management for family offices and royal private offices.

Previously part of McKinsey & Company's Practice Management team in Singapore, she has fostered extensive family office and institutional investor relations across London, Casablanca, Cairo, Riyadh, Jeddah, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Singapore. An award-winning speaker and global champion for Arab women in business, she is a signatory of the UN Women's Empowerment Principles. She is fluent in English, Arabic, French and Spanish.

Craig Blackburn is the COO of The Taylor Family Office, based in London. He brings 15+ years of C-suite experience (COO/Chief of Staff) with vast experience in UHNW and financial services, managing diverse assets from commercial property to superyachts.

Prior to his time working within single family offices he served as an Officer in the Royal Navy for 20 years.

Victoria leads the delivery of Oxford North — the £700 million global innovation district being developed by Thomas White Oxford, the development company of St John's College, in joint venture with Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Stanhope. The scheme comprises one million square feet of laboratories and workspace alongside residential and infrastructure.

A chartered surveyor with 20 years of development and regeneration experience, Victoria has worked across the public and private sectors in England, Wales and Abu Dhabi, with previous roles at CBRE, Navigant Consulting and Legal & General Capital.

David Kilshaw is Head of Private Client Wealth Solutions at Rothschild & Co Wealth Management, having joined in 2022.

David has over 35 years' of experience advising private clients on the challenges and opportunities they face. David was previously head of private clients at KPMG and the partner heading the family office team at EY. A qualified solicitor, David helps clients explore the structural and tax planning opportunities available to them and their families.

David's guidance typically addresses issues such as succession planning, the use of tax efficient vehicles (like trusts and family investment companies) and questions such as 'when should I pass wealth to my children and how can I best do it?'. David does not provide tax or legal advice but works with a client's tax and legal advisers to implement appropriate tax and related planning.

In 2018, David won the STEP (Society of Trust and Estate tax practitioners) lifetime achievement award.

Sue leads a dynamic programme of research at Bidwells, particularly focused on the real estate implications of the science and technology sector. She oversees Bidwells' long-running and detailed market data and has built a programme of research collaborating with academics and consultants — including YouGov and Henley Business School — to deliver in-depth understanding of the science and tech markets.

Artem founded Mission Street in 2017. Building on an extensive track record across investment, development and finance, he has overall strategic responsibility for the growth of the company, project delivery and management.

Prior to Mission Street, Artem was Head of UK Acquisitions and a member of the founding team of GreenOak Real Estate (now BGO). He also previously worked for Morgan Stanley in their UK Real Estate team. His track record spans development, asset management, real estate private equity and finance — including property acquisitions, corporate M&A and structuring debt and equity financing.

Artem graduated with an MA (First Class Honours) in Land Economy at the University of Cambridge and sits on the Investment and Development Committee for the Institute of Cancer Research.

Sebastian Johnson is a leader in the UK's innovation and investment landscape, currently driving growth and collaboration as part of the ARC Group and Harwell Science and Innovation Campus.

With a career spanning private, public and charity sectors, Sebastian previously played a pivotal role in Government bodies and local authorities, fostering economic development and supporting the Oxford region's world-leading science and technology ecosystem. He is dedicated to advancing the UK's and Oxford's position as a global hub for research, development and investment.

David Mott is the Founder Partner of Oxford Capital, a family-backed investment firm he co-founded in 1999 with a long-term, founder-aligned approach to venture investing. Over more than two decades, Oxford Capital has built one of the leading track records in its sector, investing over £500m across 120+ companies and backing multiple category leaders and widely recognised technology businesses.

The firm partners with a global base of multi-generational family offices and long-term investors who share a focus on capital preservation, disciplined growth and enduring value creation. David has served as Chair of the BVCA Venture Capital Committee and advised both the UK Government and the European Commission on investment policy. He is a member of YPO (Young Presidents' Organization), London Chapter.

John joined the Bicester Motion team in 2021 to lead the business' corporate finance initiatives and was appointed CFO in September 2022. A former investment banker and private equity professional, he began his career at Rothschild before moving to Credit Suisse.

Prior to Bicester Motion, John was CFO and then CEO of Inspiring Learning, a £100m private-equity backed provider of out-of-classroom learning experiences for children and young people in the UK.

Mo Baluchi is a Chartered Wealth Manager and Chartered Fellow of the CISI with more than 25 years of international financial services experience, specialising in delivering complex banking, wealth management and investment solutions.

Mo has held senior business development and leadership roles in the EMEA region and built strategic partnerships across global IFCs, connecting influential intermediaries including fiduciaries, lawyers, tax advisers, private banks and family offices. He has played a key role in helping organisations enter new markets, develop strategic partnerships and build long-term commercial relationships.

Mo is passionate about the future of international wealth management, cross-border planning and the evolving needs of entrepreneurs and multi-generational families. He is recognised in industry for bringing practical insight, commercial perspective and engaging discussion to industry conferences and roundtables.

Andrew founded Enterprise Land in September 2024 as a new type of intelligent real estate company. He is a real estate fund management professional with extensive experience of building pan-European portfolios and businesses.

For the 17 years before founding Enterprise Land he was co-founder and CEO of Internos Global Investors, a European real estate investment manager, which was sold to Principal Financial Group in 2018, where he subsequently became CEO of Principal Real Estate Europe. Principal Real Estate is a top 10 global investment manager, with c.$100 billion real estate assets under management.

From 1996 to 2007, he was a founder and European COO of Parkes and Company and then Invesco Real Estate, which acquired Parkes and Company. Prior to that, he was a vice president at Lend Lease and a chartered surveyor at Weatherall Green & Smith.

He read Economics and Land Economy at Cambridge University, holds an MBA and is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Marco brings over 25 years of architectural expertise to his role as Director EMEA at Rafael Viñoly Architects, a position he has held since 2024. With a comprehensive track record spanning commercial, residential, cultural and academic projects, Marco led landmark initiatives globally, winning commissions and achieving design and statutory approvals during his previous 8-year tenure as Director at RVA from 2005 until 2012.

Notable among his accomplishments at RVA is his leadership on the Mathematical Institute building at the University of Oxford, a project initiated following an international competition-winning masterplan for the Radcliffe Infirmary Site. Collaborating directly with Rafael Viñoly, Marco has steered design teams for prestigious institutional, commercial and research schemes, including Raffles City Bahrain, 20 Fenchurch Street, the Battersea Power Station masterplan, convention centres in Berlin and Rio de Janeiro, Manchester City FC’s expansion stadium plans, and the Francis Crick Institute / UKCMRI research complex in King’s Cross, London.

Before his current role, Marco founded Emergent Design in 2013, where he spearheaded the design and delivery of international commissions ranging from private homes to landmark hospitality projects.

He holds a Certificate in Professional Practice & Management (RIBA ARB Part III) from The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL (2007), a Master of Architecture from the Architectural Association School of Architecture (2002) and a Diploma in Architecture from Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico (2000). He is a Chartered Architect in both the UK (RIBA/ARB) and Mexico. His honours include the Honorary Award of design merit, CAM-SAM, Mexico (2012) and the WAN Urban Challenge Award for Housing (2017). He served as a jury member for the RIBA National Awards (2018) and as an elected board member of the SPG at the Royal Institute of British Architects (2014–23).

MaameYaa has over 20 years of experience advising sovereign wealth funds, central banks, family offices, insurance companies, pension funds and development finance institutions around the world on their investment arrangements. On a daily basis, MaameYaa advises investors on asset management issues and strategic global and national issues.

Her work includes public investments and private fund investments (both cornerstone and smaller amounts), single investor mandates and co-investment arrangements covering all asset classes including infrastructure and energy, as well as a wide variety of other agreements and financial services regulatory issues. MaameYaa spent time on secondment to a government entity in Riyadh in 2017 and an Emirati government entity in 2021.

Representative matters include advising a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund on a broad range of fund investments into credit, real estate, private equity and hedge funds, with values ranging between USD10m and USD3bn, and advising a Middle Eastern pension fund on co-investments, managed accounts and funds-of-one, alongside custody arrangements and brokerage agreements.

She was named a Rising Star in Legal Week's British Legal Awards 2019, listed as a Female Future Leader by Financial Times HERoes for championing the conversation on diversity and inclusion, listed in Financial Times EMpower Minority Future Leaders and recognised in The Lawyer Hot 100 2024.

Olivia advises clients on a wide range of investment fund matters, including the establishment of investment funds and institutional investments into those funds. She also provides advice for asset managers on key regulatory matters affecting the sector and has significant experience providing support to M&A deals with fund elements. Olivia is trusted by family offices, ultra-high net worth individuals and first-time managers to design and build investment and asset management structures that suit their goals.

Representative matters include advising a European family office on four separate investment structures and associated carried interest plans, Hines Europe on the establishment of its €1.6bn Hines European Real Estate Partners III (HEREP III) fund, and Macquarie on the funds elements of its $2.3bn acquisition of the UK Green Investment Bank (now Green Investment Group).

Olivia is recognised by Legal 500 UK as being a Key Lawyer. She is a member of the European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV), the Investment Association (IA), The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and the Law Society. She was shortlisted for Rising Star at the Women in Law Awards, 2020.

Tim is Head of Family Offices with wide responsibility for a range of high-net-worth clients from global financial institutions to private wealth managers and family offices. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2006 and previously spent seven years working overseas for State Street Bank & Trust in Luxembourg and Australia. Tim graduated MA in Business & Economics from Heriot-Watt University in 1999.

A significant part of Tim's role is managing Baillie Gifford's UK Family Office strategy and maintaining strong links with existing family office clients. This involves regularly presenting at client events — both proprietary and external — in the UK and further afield.

Rewa Udoji is a globally acclaimed visual artist and award-winning finance professional whose work sits at the intersection of culture and capital. Known artistically as REWA, she has built a distinctive practice rooted in African heritage, creating figurative works that combine traditional symbolism with a contemporary visual language. She has delivered nine solo exhibitions to date, alongside many group shows and fairs spanning Africa, Europe, North America and Asia.

Her work has been showcased at leading institutions including Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, The Africa Centre in London, the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans (CACNOLA) and the Museum of Ethnology and World Cultures of Barcelona (MuEC), and is held in notable public and private collections such as Afreximbank, AXA XL and the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection. In 2024, REWA became the first African artist commissioned to design the official poster for the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival in its 64-year history, and she was featured in The Southern Review (Summer 2025 issue), the longstanding literary and arts journal published by Louisiana State University.

Parallel to her artistic practice, Rewa is an accomplished investment professional and founder of Cranstoun, a regulated investment platform established to expand African access to global capital markets and long-term wealth-building opportunities. Her work in finance reflects a wider commitment to broadening African participation in high-quality institutional investment solutions and to challenging the structural inequities that have often excluded African investors from global wealth creation.

Rewa's dual leadership across art and finance has made her a compelling voice in conversations about creativity and value creation. She is the recipient of the 2024 Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Award and a Black Women in Asset Management (BWAM) 40 Under 40 Award 2025 honouree.