Farmers are losing money regardless of their size, defaulting on existing facilities, and as such financiers are exiting structured commodity finance due to credit and compliance risks.
Lungi is a Structured Trade and Commodity Finance Specialist with over 10 years’ experience in various international banks with an Eastern and Southern African portfolios. Outside of corporate she is known as an intrepid Sailor – the first African woman to sail to the Arctic, Explorer and Climate Change Advocate.
She was a Sustainable Finance Champion for her recent employer, in her attempt to integrate her climate science fieldwork lessons from sailing into corporate systems in support of green investments and economies as well as purpose driven practices.