Kato Arnold Mukuru joined EFG Hermes in mid-2017 as Head of Frontier Research to lead the expansion of our research offering across core Frontier markets in Sub-Sahara African (SSA) and Asia.

Kato has 19 years of experience in investment banking in New York, London, Madrid, Lagos and Dubai. The first four years were in corporate finance and the last 15 were in research, where he covered European, South Asian, African and Middle Eastern banks and insurance stocks. The previous research teams managed by Kato were ranked top in SSA and amongst the top three across the Frontier universe. Kato graduated summa cum laude in Business Administration from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia (USA).