CrossBoundary Advisory welcomes three new Partners

Kirtika Challa leads CrossBoundary Advisory’s Power and Infrastructure advisory team, based out of our London office. Since starting at CrossBoundary in 2018, Kirtika has held a diverse set of leadership roles having co-led our team in Nigeria based out of Lagos, expanded CB into North Africa by setting up our office and team in Tunisia from the ground up, and now as the head of one of our biggest sector teams. She has brought versatility, strong client relationships, team building and managing skills and thought leadership to all her roles and has been instrumental in expanding into infrastructure, PPP, and developer advisory work. Prior to CrossBoundary, she worked at Morgan Stanley in structured and corporate finance and spent time in two different parts of the World Bank—MIGA and the IFC. Kirtika holds an MBA from the Wharton Business School and a BA in Economics and Engineering Studies from Lafayette College.

Fanta Conde co-leads CrossBoundary Advisory’s West Africa Investment Advisory team based out of our Conakry office. Since joining our team in 2018, Fanta has been instrumental in expanding CrossBoundary Advisory’s presence in West Africa. She has led thought leadership efforts and pioneered a creative, design-thinking approach to business development that is already yielding results. Prior to CrossBoundary, Fanta worked at BlackRock in New York, focusing on the company’s proprietary investment management technology platform, and started her career as an investment banking analyst at JP Morgan. Fanta holds an MBA from The Wharton School and completed her undergraduate degree in Finance with a minor in Spanish at the City University of New York, Baruch College.

Jonathan Duarte leads CrossBoundary Advisory’s Latin America and Caribbean advisory team, based out of Bogota. Jonathan launched and scaled CrossBoundary Advisory’s Latin America presence from scratch, driving rapid growth and expanding operations across seven countries. He oversees the advisory of over $250M worth of engagements in Latin America and the Caribbean across multiple industries including Financial Services, Renewable Energy, and Agriculture. Prior to CrossBoundary, Jonathan had operating experience as CFO of Ofi, a regional venture-backed scale-up, and CEO of ESCALA, a fintech helping households save for higher education. Jonathan holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS from the Georgia Institute of Technology.