Governance

Board of Directors

Seven directors with complementary expertise in development finance, international governance, digital financial infrastructure, and multilateral institutions — structured for DFI, regulator, and co-investor standards.

Composition

Institutional oversight for credit enhancement

Daraja Guarantee PLC is a Mauritius-domiciled credit guarantee institution mobilizing blended capital for SMEs, infrastructure, trade, and strategic industries across East and Southern Africa. The Board provides fiduciary oversight of the credit enhancement mandate, risk appetite, and stakeholder interests.

Board directors

Independent directors

Continents represented

Target markets

Chairman

Gunnar Adolf Aanesland

Chairman of the Board

Non-Executive Chairman

Industrial governance · European markets · Enterprise stewardship

Third-generation leader of a Norwegian industrial enterprise founded in 1945, with more than thirty years of international market expansion across fifteen countries. Chairs the Board with a focus on multigenerational governance discipline and institutional credibility with European co-investors and partners.

Board oversight
International expansion
Enterprise governance
Sustainable industry

Executive

Peter Chemuigut

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director

Executive Director (Founder)

Infrastructure · Development finance · Credit enhancement

Infrastructure developer and development finance executive with a track record structuring energy, industrial, housing, and PPP projects across East Africa. As Founder and CEO, he leads Daraja Guarantee’s strategy to administer technology-enabled guarantees that connect development capital with MFI and SME lending capacity.

Guarantee systems
Project finance
PPPs
Institutional partnerships

Daniel Gudere

Board Director

Non-Executive Director (Co-Founder)

Consortium building · Capital mobilization · Nordic–Africa partnerships

Founder and CEO of GEFCO Invest (Norway), linking African development initiatives with Northern European investors and technology partners. Brings twenty-five years of UN programme leadership and cross-border consortium structuring to Daraja Guarantee’s fundraising and partnership strategy.

DFI engagement
Consortium structuring
Capital mobilization
Nordic partnerships

Nathalie Ndongo-Seh Kane

Independent Director

Independent Non-Executive Director

International governance · Diplomacy · Multilateral affairs

International diplomat, attorney, and senior United Nations executive with more than two decades in political affairs and institutional governance. Director of Political Affairs for the Western Africa Division at UN DPPA/DPO, with prior service as UN Resident Coordinator and Chief of Staff at MONUSCO and UNOAU.

Corporate governance
Multilateral relations
ESG
Political risk

Anantha Krishnan

Independent Director

Independent Non-Executive Director

Development finance · Sustainable infrastructure · Urban policy

International development professional with thirty-six years in public policy, urban development, and multilateral cooperation. Secretary General of the Urban Economy Forum; former senior leader at UNEP and UN-Habitat (Nairobi); adviser to the World Bank, UN agencies, and Nordic governments on blended and climate finance.

Blended finance
Climate finance
Urban development
ESG strategy

Richard Lema

Independent Director

Independent Non-Executive Director

Fintech · Digital payments · East Africa financial infrastructure

Co-Founder and Director of ClickPesa, a licensed Tanzanian payments platform serving MFIs, SACCOs, and SMEs. Fifteen years building mobile-money integrations, digital collections, and lending infrastructure — directly relevant to Daraja Guarantee’s guarantee administration and partner reporting technology.

Digital payments
MFI integration
Financial inclusion
Regulatory engagement

Ambassador Godson Workar

Independent Director

Independent Non-Executive Director

West Africa · SME development · Agricultural finance

Liberian entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Startups Resource, supporting early-stage ventures and private-sector development. Brings policy advocacy and community engagement experience across West African entrepreneurship, agricultural finance, and youth enterprise — aligned with Daraja Guarantee’s Liberia pilot and regional expansion.

SME development
Agricultural finance
Startup ecosystems
West Africa markets

Structure

Board composition

Director	Role	Core domain
Gunnar Adolf Aanesland	Non-Executive Chairman	Industrial governance · European markets · Enterprise stewardship
Peter Chemuigut	Executive Director (Founder)	Infrastructure · Development finance · Credit enhancement
Daniel Gudere	Non-Executive Director (Co-Founder)	Consortium building · Capital mobilization · Nordic–Africa partnerships
Nathalie Ndongo-Seh Kane	Independent Non-Executive Director	International governance · Diplomacy · Multilateral affairs
Anantha Krishnan	Independent Non-Executive Director	Development finance · Sustainable infrastructure · Urban policy
Richard Lema	Independent Non-Executive Director	Fintech · Digital payments · East Africa financial infrastructure
Ambassador Godson Workar	Independent Non-Executive Director	West Africa · SME development · Agricultural finance

The Board approves risk appetite, oversees fiduciary duties to guarantee fund stakeholders, and ensures alignment with development finance mandates. Independent non-executive directors strengthen compliance, ESG oversight, and multilateral stakeholder engagement across Daraja Guarantee's target markets.

Governance and compliance enquiries

For DFI due diligence, regulatory engagement, or board correspondence.