Kodjo is an entrepreneur with experience building businesses and many year of experience across investment banking, management consulting, and business development. Prior to starting Kevi Capital and AfriCollateral Ltd., he was VP and Global Head of Commodities and Credit Derivatives Product Valuation at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Kevi Capital is an investment advisory company focused on
infrastructure development investments in Africa. He has extensive experience with product pricing and valuation, commodities finance, portfolio analytics, liquidity analysis, market and credit risk, and option models.

Kodjo has many years of experience in energy markets across energy trading, energy asset valuation, and business process reengineering. He has also designed and valued various energy derivative products including forward, swaps, and options. He has led market risk management of several hundred commodities and energy products around the world – enabling companies to make better commodity hedging and risk management decisions.

He is also a certified wine sommelier and is currently the first and only African certified Vinitaly Italian Wine Ambassador. He started Africa Wine Academy to train young Africans working in restaurants, hotels, and hospitality in wines and spirits. Africa Wine Academy is currently the only WSET APP (Wine & Spirit
Education Trust Approved Program Partner) in West Africa.

Kodjo has an MBA from the Yale University School of Management with a focus in Finance, Strategy, and Asset Management. He holds a Masters degree in Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago and Bachelors degree in Physics and Mathematics from Hampton University.