[Tprisf] SAGCOT: EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE AS MEMBERS OF THE CATALYTIC TRUST FUND BOARD

[Mwema Felix]

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE AS MEMBERS OF THE CATALYTIC
TRUST FUND BOARD

The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) is a public
private partnership to stimulate responsible and sustainable commercial
agricultural development in the southern corridor of Tanzania, an area
encompassing 7.5 million hectares of arable land extending from the port of
Dar es Salaam to the country’s borders with Malawi, Zambia and the
Democratic Republic of Congo. The SAGCOT Catalytic Trust Fund (CTF) is an
innovative financing mechanism for SAGCOT that was created in response to
the challenges of catalysing private sector investment in commercially and
financially viable agribusinesses. It targets smallholder linkages along
the value chain with an overall objective to provide the initial financing
of developing commercially viable agricultural businesses that incorporate
smallholders. The CTF will combine both high developmental impacts with
commercial viability in order to leverage private sector investment. The
Catalytic Trust Fund will have two investment windows: The Matching Grants
Fund (MGF) and the Social Venture Capital Fund (SVCF). Pledges have been
received for the majority of the US $ 100 million in initial financing for
the CTF.

It is against this background that the Partnership Council invites highly
experienced and motivated candidates to express interest in becoming
members of the Catalytic Trust Fund Board of Trustees. Specifically the
Partnership Council is seeking to fill one (1) position for the Board
Chairperson and four (4) positions for the members of the Board Trustees.

The ideal candidates should have a strong empathy with the mission to
improve the lives of the smallholders’ farmers in Africa generally and
specifically in Tanzania. Candidates should have most or all of the
following experience: (i) held a senior position in the agriculture and/or
financial services sectors, ; (ii) a successful track record of developing
and closing international agribusiness  projects  or raising capital for
investment; (iii) excellent contacts and relationships in the agricultural
and financial sectors; (iv) previous participation in credit decisions for
agribusiness investment projects; equity investments or agricultural
banking; (v) experience in management of agricultural development programs
that have a direct impact on the development of emergent agribusinesses,
commercially orientated smallholders and rural communities; (v) experience
of participating in a multi-stakeholder, public-private partnership with
joint commercial and developmental goals.

The Board shall comprise individuals of diverse backgrounds; qualified
women candidates are encouraged to apply. The Trustees shall be appointed
for a term of up to three (3) years renewable and shall hold at least four
(4) ordinary meetings in each year. The Trustees shall be paid an annual
trustee’s fee.

*Interested candidates should send their brief expression of interest
together with their most recent resume by email to SAGCOTCTF at DEVAFRICA.COM by
midnight 22nd March 2013 Dar es Salaam time.*

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