Osam Iyahen is a Director at AFC. He is responsible for the Natural Resources sector where he leads client coverage, transaction origination, in addition to providing technical advisory in deal execution. He has over a decade of international energy finance experience, including involvement in multi-billion dollar development projects with international institutions including involvement in multi-billion dollar development projects with international institutions.

He has led AFC in developing a rapidly expanding oil and gas sector franchise in Sub Saharan-Africa, with over $650M valued landmark transactions in final credit and investment approvals in the last 8 years approved and executed by the Corporation, with leading sponsors seeking to undertake financing transactions in the oil, gas, mining and associated infrastructure space.

Osam obtained his MBA from the Johnson School of Management Cornell University (Johnson School of Management) in New York State. He is bilingual, and has presented and moderated various topics at international oil & gas, mining and infrastructure conferences.