Aissatou Le Blond

Founder & CEO - Opera Capital

Driven investor with over 18 years in private equity, structuring financing, corporate support and business development and over 80 transactions,15 exits, venture building, finance, consulting and strategy, SME value creation and business development, management.
Over 8 years’ experience as a fund manager of M&A Ventures, she is a serial financial entrepreneur who invests in other
entrepreneurs. Aissatou Le Blond is the founder and CEO of Opera Green Industry Capital (OGIC 4.0), a Eur 75M climate private equity fund providing private equity growth
capital to medium sized companies in West Africa in industry decarbonization and climate-resilient agriculture and their value chain with a strategic focus on decarbonization, energy transition, substitution food import, sustainable food systems, and climate resilience on a build-up and buy-out strategy, with exits from trade sales and listings; We promote the emergence of competitive and structured green african Multinationals, job creators, with a strong financial and climate impact and to create value for investors by investing in the real economy. Its strategy aligns with the EU’s Global Gateway Strategy focusing on climate consideration with objective net zero emission by 2050, sustainable employment, and women equality.