Rebecca Sankar

Managing Director, Head of East Region

Rebecca is responsible for managing the portfolio and pipeline investments in the East Region. She has over 15 years of experience in agri-business and finance in emerging markets. She has held several roles at AgDevCo; she set-up our operations in Uganda (2015) and Kenya (2020); led investments in Malawi (2014); and was Portfolio Manager for the Group for three years. Prior to AgDevCo, she managed a large rice farming, milling and exporting company in South America. Rebecca has a BBA (Hons) in Finance, a MSc in Development Studies and a MBA from Insead.

Joined AgDevCo: 2012