Risana Zitha

Risana Zitha is Managing Director DAI Magister, a boutique investment bank advising technology, tech-enabled and climate companies, execute growth financings and M&A in emerging and frontier markets. Prior to his role at DAI Magister, he was head of investment banking Africa Renaissance Capital and chairman of the board of Renaissance Capital South Africa an emerging and frontier markets investment bank. Before joining Renaissance Capital, Risana was with Morgan Stanley for 18 years in various roles including leading the company’s activities in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. During his career, Risana has advices on mergers and acquisitions and capital market transactions in multiple sectors, such as technology, consumer, energy & utilities and natural resources. Risana earned a B.A. with a major in Economics and a minor in Mathematics from Dartmouth College in 1999, where he graduated cum laude, achieved High Honors in Economics, was elected a Presidential Scholar in Economics and was awarded the Lewis H. Haney prize for best Economics thesis.