Edna Addo

Edna Addo is a seasoned business leader with over 15 years of experience across traditional financial services and fintech, with professional experience spanning New York, London, Ghana, and Nigeria. Her expertise includes business and corporate strategy, operations, venture capital, and general management.

She currently serves as Director of Business Strategy and Development at FundStudio, a New York-based software company for hedge funds and asset managers, and is also a co-founder of Finecore, a startup providing banking infrastructure for businesses operating across Africa and other emerging markets. She also co-manages early and late-stage private market investments through her firm Wheatear Capital.

Previously, Edna spent eight years at UBS and Morgan Stanley, working with senior leadership on strategic initiatives across trading, capital markets, wealth management, and operations.

Edna holds an MBA from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Economics from Stony Brook University, New York.

In her leisure, she travels to experience new cultures, people, and cuisines, enjoys competitions, including completing her first marathon in NYC in 2022 and the 75 Hard Challenge, and spending quality time with family.