Kurt van der Walde

Kurt van der Walde (CFA, 2002) is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Alta Semper Capital, the London-headquartered, Mauritius-structured African private equity platform operating out of Lagos (Nigeria, Alta Semper's African HQ) and Cairo (Egypt) regional offices, managing the $180M Alta Semper Africa Fund I (2017 vintage) and $300M Alta Semper Africa Fund II (2023 vintage) totalling ~$480M AUM with cornerstone LP commitments from UK BII (CDC), EIB, German DEG/KfW, South African PIC (Public Investment Corporation), and two UK NHS pension pools via the Border to Coast Pensions Partnership impact programme. A University of Pretoria BCom Law & Economics summa cum laude, Wharton MBA Finance, 2002 CFA Charterholder, 8-year Barclays PE veteran, and 8-year EM Alternatives Partner before founding Alta Semper in 2014, van der Walde co-leads the Lagos Nigerian healthcare corridor.