June 2011
Lion’s Head acted as adviser to the GAVI Alliance in relation to the $4.3bn fundraising to meet its 2011-2015 immunization targets
April 2011
Lion’s Head acted as financial adviser to Mtanga Farms Limited in relation to the investment by the Heirs Holdings and the Tony Elumelu Foundation -->
January 2011
Lion’s Head has been hired by the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund to evaluate strategic options
November 2010
Lion’s Head has entered into a strategic cooperation with Lancer Capital, a middle east focused advisory firm, to offer services linking Middle East Investors to African investment opportunities
October 2010
The Rockefeller Foundation is supporting LHGP in collaboration with the Global Impact Investing Network to develop a set of Generally Accepted Practices and Principles for agro-enterprise investments in sub-Saharan Africa
September 2010
LHGP has assisted the Hewlett Foundation on the establishment of a South Africa based non-profit organization geared towards removing trade and other barriers related to agriculture in East/ South-East Arica
April 2010
LHGP is hired by the Carbon Trust to advice on a number of green initiatives, including offshore wind and the Green Investment Bank
Feb 2010
LHGP has raised equity for Mtanga Farms Limited, a Tanzanian Farming Business
Jan 2010
LHGP advised the New Forests Company on the planned acquisition of a forestry concession in Southern Africa
December 2009
Co-founder of Lion’s Head Global Partners, Christopher Egerton-Warburton, has been named one of the Top 100 Rising Stars 2009 by Financial News
November 2009
Lion’s Head acted as advisor to an affiliate in relation to an investment into an arable farm in Tanzania. The investment will be used, amongst other things, to expand production of cereals, wheat and potatoes and serve as a platform for future expansion into arable farming in Tanzania.
July 2009
Lion’s Head has been appointed structuring advisor by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to structure and set-up the TransFarm Africa Transformation Fund, a pilot investment fund targeting agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa.
June 2009
LHGP contributes to the publication of the Forest Investment Review, commissioned from Forum for the Future, by the UK’s Department of International Development (DFID) and Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), to explore how best to stimulate private sector investment alongside public money to reduce deforestation in the developing world (see Chapter 5).
May 2009
LHGP contributes to the Taskforce on International Innovative Financing for Health Systems, co-Chaired by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank. Working Group 2 Report
April 2009
Publication of The Role of International Pools of Private Capital in the Investment in Health Systems in Low Income Countries.