Kofi D. Fynn is the Managing Director of Petra. Prior to founding Petra Trust in 2011, Kofi spent 14 years in the asset management industry in Nigeria and the US.
From 2008 to 2010 Kofi was Chief Operating Officer in charge of Asset Management at Oceanic Capital Company Limited (“OCCL”), the investment banking subsidiary of Oceanic Bank International Plc. Kofi joined OCCL from Wellington Management Company in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was an associate partner. As the lead portfolio manager for central banks and international organization mandates, Kofi managed a portfolio totaling $4 billion in assets.
Before joining Wellington Management, Kofi worked at Blackrock Financial Management. At Blackrock he led the team responsible for the management of risk in all the firm’s leveraged vehicles.
Kofi earned both bachelor’s and a master’s degree in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Before joining Wellington Management Kofi worked at Blackrock Financial Management, a global asset management firm with over $3.6 trillion under management, At Blackrock he led the team responsible for the management of risk in all of the firm’s leveraged vehicles.
Kofi earned both bachelors and a master’s degree in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School.