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Mike Quinn
Mike Quinn is a co-founder and CEO of Boost, with a mission to enable 10 million small businesses to thrive in Africa's emerging digital economy. Prior to Boost, Mike was a co-founder and CEO of Zoona, one of Africa's earliest fintechs. During his 10-year tenure, Zoona processed over $2.5 billion of transactions, generated over $26 million in income for 3,000 micro-entrepreneurs across Zambia and Malawi, and raised oer $35 million in investment. In 2015, Zoona was recognized by the Nike Foundation and Unreasonable Institute as part of the Girl Effect Accelerator for helping girls out of poverty. For his leadership, Mike was awarded the Accion 2017 Edward W. Claugus Award for Leadership and Innovation in Financial Inclusion along with one of the Schwab Foundation's 2018 Social Entrepreneurs of the Year. Mike holds an MBA with Distinction from Oxford University, where he was a Skoll Scholar for Social Entrepreneurship, along with an MSc in Management Development from the London School of Economics and a BASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia. He grew up in Calgary and has lived in Ghana, Zambia, South Africa, and the UK. He has an amazing wife and two awesome kids, and loves to hike, run, mountain bike, and play guitar.
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Brad Magrath
Brad, along with his brother Brett, co-founded Zoona in 2009. Brad is our Chief Operations Officer and ensures that the daily activities are aligned with the business’s goals and that the company is doing everything they can to help communities thrive. Brad is passionate about entrepreneurs and has established multiple profitable businesses in Zambia and Malawi. He has over 15 years of senior management experience as the managing director of Plascon, Commercial Director of what is now MTN, and General Manager of Carpe Diem. Brad established and chaired the Zambian South African Business Association, as well as the Zambian Payment Association. He is also an active member of the National Financial Sector Development Committee in Zambia, engaging with the private sector, banks, and governments to establish payment and banking policy.
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Brett Magrath
Brett Magrath co-founded Zoona with this brother Brad. Today Brett is the Chief Z Officer of the company where he is responsible for driving innovation for the business of tomorrow. He worked at JPMorgan Chase & Co, and later as managing director of CAD International. Today, he drives innovation and new product creation at Zoona. Brett earned his degree at University of Natal.
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