Diana Nwajiaku-Smart is a Principal Partner at Spera Venture Partners where she drives Advisory services, Structured Finance and General Business services. Diana is a seasoned finance and strategy professional with over 12 years leadership and governance experience in the financial services, energy, telecommunications and power industries across Africa, Europe, Canada, and the United States of America. A member of the International Academy of Financial Management, she is an avid entrepreneur and investor with interests in companies in the FMCG, energy, technology, financial services, and other sectors. She holds a B.Sc. In applied accounting from Oxford Brookes University, and an MBA from the University of Nicosia, Cyprus.

Diana's experience cuts across many sectors where she has made indelible marks through her excellent work ethics, financial and administrative dexterity and attention to details. While working as the Chief Financial Officer at the Platform Capital Group, she raised 10 million dollars import export finance for a leather producing portfolio with annual production capacity of over 40 million shoes. As CFO, She played a key role in the company's investment strategy.

Over the years, Diana has shown resilience and commitment, excellence and capacity in all the positions she has handled across the following sectors: Banking, Fintech, Financial Services, Power, Telecom, Manufacturing and Investment Banking and others.