Senior people, senior accountability

Terry Wyer is the Founder and CEO of CGH Capital LLC, an American development finance consulting company built to bring senior, specialist expertise to complex investment and technical assistance assignments worldwide.

With more than 25 years of experience across 50+ markets, Terry has worked at the intersection of development finance, private capital mobilisation, government advisory, blended finance and financial institution strengthening. His career has focused on turning development priorities into practical, investor-ready solutions — from MSME and agricultural finance programmes to sovereign investment platforms, blended finance vehicles, PPP strategies and bankable project pipelines.

Before founding CGH Capital, Terry held senior leadership roles with the International Finance Corporation, Heifer International, USAID’s Southern Africa Trade and Investment Hub, and the Africa Medicines and Health Impact Investment Fund. He has also advised or worked with leading institutions including USAID, FCDO, MCC, Rockefeller Foundation, VisionFund, Tony Blair Institute, IFC and EBRD-linked programmes.

At IFC, Terry designed and launched the $250 million Africa MSME Finance Program, supported by a $30 million advisory platform, to expand SME lending through African financial institutions. He also structured agricultural finance initiatives focused on strengthening credit processes, institutional capacity and access to finance for underserved markets.

As Senior Vice President of Investment Programs at Heifer International, Terry built the organisation’s impact investment function from $9 million to $94 million, deploying capital across 13 countries and reaching more than 650,000 smallholder farmers. Through USAID-backed investment facilitation work in Southern Africa, he helped mobilise more than $300 million in private investment across the region.

Terry’s current and recent advisory work includes supporting partner governments across Africa and Eurasia on foreign direct investment promotion, investor targeting, investment-climate reform, blended finance structuring, PPP development and bankable project preparation. His work has spanned sectors including agribusiness, food systems, water and sanitation, health, climate resilience, infrastructure, transport, digital/ICT and financial inclusion.

Through CGH Capital, Terry is building a more agile and expert-led model for development consulting — one that moves beyond traditional consulting structures and focuses on practical delivery, vetted sector expertise, digital and agile thinking, and measurable development impact.

He brings to CGH Capital a career-long commitment to connecting capital with purpose, helping governments, development institutions and financial institutions move from strategy to implementation.

Haggai Chomba is a blended finance and development investment professional with nearly 10 years of experience originating, structuring and managing cross-border private-sector investment initiatives across Sub-Saharan Africa.

He has assessed and supported investment pipelines exceeding US$650 million across infrastructure, climate, agribusiness and SME finance, with a strong focus on turning development priorities into bankable structures. His work spans blended finance facilities, credit guarantees, mezzanine instruments, risk-sharing mechanisms and project preparation platforms designed to crowd in private capital.

Haggai has advised governments, DFIs, donors, financial institutions and private sponsors across frontier and fragile markets, including Zambia, Kenya, Ethiopia, DRC, Somalia and the Sahel. His recent work includes supporting a US$150 million blended finance agri-food systems facility for Somalia, advising FCDO’s SUED Seed Fund, and contributing to DFC-backed investment analysis across West Africa.

Previously, he helped design Zambia’s proposed US$190 million SME credit guarantee facility, supported infrastructure and catalytic finance facility design in Southern Africa, and led stakeholder engagement on SME policy, impact investment and inclusive finance initiatives.

He brings strong expertise in financial structuring, investment appraisal, ESG and GEDSI integration, policy advisory and multi-stakeholder facilitation, combining investment discipline with a deep understanding of African markets and development impact.

Vanessa Adams is a senior strategy, agribusiness and market systems leader with more than 25 years of experience across 50 countries, including 28 in Africa. Her work has focused on international trade, agricultural transformation, public-private partnerships, women’s economic empowerment and sustainable supply chains.

She has held senior leadership roles with AGRA, DAI, ACDI/VOCA, Palladium and Abt Associates, including multiple Chief of Party and regional director positions on major USAID and donor-funded programmes. At AGRA, Vanessa led strategic partnerships for the US$500 million PIATA programme, helping reach 12 million smallholder farmers, build the capacity of more than 7,000 SMEs and facilitate over US$100 million in agricultural investment.

Her career includes building agribusiness deal platforms, export promotion strategies, regional trade alliances and women-led enterprise initiatives across Africa. She has facilitated major market linkages in coffee, sesame, shea, cashew, specialty foods and other value chains, while supporting private-sector investment, policy reform and inclusive agricultural growth.

Vanessa brings deep expertise in strategy, partnership development, trade, investment facilitation, leadership coaching and organisational transformation, combining private-sector discipline with a long-standing commitment to inclusive markets, food systems and women’s empowerment.