Yvonne Ike, CEO Sub-Saharan Africa, Bank of America

Yvonne Ike is a managing director and head of Sub-Saharan Africa (Ex-RSA) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. She has more than 20 years of experience in financial services, including capital markets operations and fixed income, derivatives, and equities products.

Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 2014, Ms. Ike was a chief executive officer for West Africa at Renaissance Capital, covering Investment Banking and Securities Trading. She was managing director at JP Morgan from 1984 to 2009, and a partner at Africapital Management Limited from 2009 to 2011. Ms. Ike started her career as an auditor with Ernst and Young International and has been an FSA registered representative since 1994.