Salma is the Chief Executive Officer of Cashew Coast, a business that integrates the cashew value chain from farm (West Africa) to fork (Europe).
Operating in Cote d’Ivoire, Cashew Coast has built an organic supply chain of more than 5000 smallholders, and employs 700 young women and men at its 9000T cashew processing plant. It is currently expanding its operations into a second processing facility.
Salma has spent the last 18 years working on debt, equity and special situations investments in London and Africa as an investment banker.