Philip is the Director of SME Banking of Equity Group Holdings (Kenya), one of the leading banking groups in East Africa, and Executive Director of Equity Bank DRC. Previously, he worked in senior management positions in Eastern Europe and the Balkans with the ProCredit Group based in Frankfurt, Germany, and has held directorships for ProCredit subsidiaries in Eastern Europe, Latin America and Africa. He started his career with the Russia Small Business Fund of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He has a BA and an MA in Economics from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.