David L. Ross is managing director of Statera Capital, a global advisory and impact investment banking firm founded in 2004 in New York City focusing on investments in Sub-Saharan Africa and managing director of frontier markets at AlphaSource Capital Securities LLC, an institutional brokerage firm focused on ESG and socially responsible investments. Statera Capital has team members in eight African nations and is active on projects in renewable energy, biofuels, housing, transportation, telecom infrastructure, health care, oil and gas, equipment leasing, and other sectors. Ross has 15 years of private and public sector experience serving clients including HSBC, AIG, JP Morgan Chase, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Credit-Suisse, Morgan Stanley, USAID, World Bank, as well as SMEs and project developers. Ross has an undergraduate degree in information systems and international business from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MBA in finance from NYU-Stern School of Business, and serves as an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University teaching topics of globalization and development.