Mr. Bert C. Ubamadu

Bert C. Ubamadu is the Managing Director of Fairmont Capital Strategy Group LLC (Fairmont CSG).
Fairmont CSG is a strategic advisory consulting firm focused on assisting African companies and banks with sourcing debt and equity financing for transactions and working with international companies to source projects and partners in Africa. Mr. Ubamadu has over
15 years of global
emerging market project development, project finance, project structuring, business development and institution building experience.  Mr. Ubamadu has played a significant role, both on business, legal and policy issues, in supporting over $3 billion in financing for projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to becoming the Managing Director of Fairmont CSG, Mr.
Ubamadu worked at the Export-
Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) where he developed, structured and documented multimillion dollar project finance, structured finance and trade finance transactions in Africa and other emerging markets. Mr. Ubamadu was the lead lawyer for Ex-Im Bank for the $2 billion dollar Nigeria LNG project, which is one of the largest private sector multi-sourced financing projects in Africa.  Mr. Ubamadu played a significant role in creating institutional solutions to the problems Ex-Im Bank encountered in trying to increase its financing support in Sub-Saharan Africa, including: creating an oil/gas subcontractor financing structure which supports local capacity development efforts; structuring secondary market offering program to lower the cost of financing for African buyers, and creating due diligence guidelines to address reputational risk and corporate governance issues in the region.

Mr. Ubamadu has also worked for Marriott International, Inc. where he helped develop hotel projects in Europe, Middle East and Africa.  Before joining Marriott, Mr. Ubamadu worked as a senior associate in the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. offices of the international law firm now known as Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. Mr. Ubamadu also lectures on political risk and project finance transactions in emerging markets at the Washington College of Law at American University.  Mr.
Ubamadu received his law degree from the University of California at Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law and holds a Masters degree from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago.
Mr. Ubamadu directs Fairmont CSG's strategic advisory consulting practice in Africa and other emerging markets. Mr. Ubamadu comes to Fairmont CSG from the Export-Import Bank of the United States ("Ex-Im Bank") where he developed, structured and documented multimillion dollar project finance, structured finance and trade finance transactions in Africa and other emerging markets. Mr. Ubamadu was a key member of Ex-Im Bank’s Africa Task Force and a strong advocate of the Bank’s efforts to increase financing support for the export of goods and services into Africa.