Mark Napier is the CEO of FSD Africa, a Nairobi-based development agency which he set up in 2012 and which works to reduce poverty by strengthening financial markets across sub-Saharan Africa.  Mark’s early career was in investment banking in the City of London but he has been involved in financial market development in Africa since 2003. Mark has written papers and articles on financial sector development and was commissioning editor for a 2010 book of case studies on financial innovation in Africa. He has an MA in modern languages from Cambridge University.