Aishetu Fatima DozieFounder

United States - Palo Alto, California,

I am an experienced global finance and capital markets executive with a deep track record in business development and transaction execution with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, Standard Chartered Bank, World Bank, and Rand Merchant Bank. I have provided advice to CEOs seeking to leverage public/private capital markets in their growth objectives across consumer products, non-Rx pharmaceuticals, banks and financial institutions, infrastructure, and oil and gas. I have built multi-jurisdictional businesses within large international corporations as well as scaled two businesses as a mission-driven entrepreneur.

I'm a global citizen and has worked/lived in New York, London, South Africa, Nigeria, Southeast Asia, and Central and South America. My deal experience is both expansive and deep reflecting her ability to navigate cultures and regulatory jurisdictions with a keen focus on effective execution. I have worked on over $130 billion in M&A, private equity financings, IPOs, and public capital market transactions.

I have led multi-product regional teams to deliver excellence to medium and large corporations with significant operations in emerging markets. I led the coverage team at Morgan Stanley in building their Africa (ex-South Africa) investment banking franchise as well as the West Africa investment banking business for South African banking conglomerate, First Rand Group.

I am a dedicated chief executive with a “lead from the front” mentality and the ability to inspire and motivate teams to surpass management targets and their own personal expectations. I am passionate about the advancement of women in business, which led to my executive producing a video series called African HERstory, where I interviewed successful female African executives to highlight their impact on the continent’s development. The insights gleaned from these conversations about igniting confidence in working women led to my current entrepreneurial pursuit – Bossy Cosmetics, a beauty brand that targets ambitious working women. In the 3+ years since its founding, I have redefined the way beauty companies delight and convert professional women and has been featured in NPR’s How I Built Resilience, Vistaprint’s Small Business Podcast, Forbes, InStyle Magazine, W Magazine, Refinery 29, Essence Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, BET Networks, Fashionista Magazine, The Zoe Report, PopSugar and others.