Andre DeSimone

Mr. Andre DeSimone is Executive Director at Kestrel Capital (East Africa) Ltd.
He is on the Board of Directors at Kenya Fluorspar Co., Ltd.
Mr. DeSimone was appointed Chief Executive of Kestrel Capital in 1995 where he played a vital role in starting the company and developing the research tradition now associated with the firm.
Prior to this, he worked for Blackstone Group L.P.
in New York as Vice President specializing in acquisitions and restructuring.
Between 1997 and 2001, he was a Portfolio Manager at Zurich Scudder Investments in New York where he Co-Managed a Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund.
From 2001 to 2003, he was at Kenol/Kobil Petroleum where he was responsible for new acquisitions and oversight of subsidiaries outside Kenya.
Mr. DeSimone earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.