Philip Dyk

Managing Partner, Everstrong Capital
Partner, Usahihi Expressway Limited

Mr. Dyk has more than 35 years experience structing and investing in public, private partnerships in energy, transport and communications companies in Africa and the United States. He founded Everstrong Capital in 2015 to focus on long term investments in essential infrastructure companies on the Continent. Mr. Dyk is on the board of Kenyan companies, including Everstrong Capital Kenya Limited, SealTowers, Gulf Power and Usahihi Expressway Limited. Under his leadership Everstrong is developing a Public Private Partnership for the 440 kilometer, $3.5 billion Usahihi Nairobi to Mombasa Expressway.

Mr. Dyk is also a founding partner of Alinda Capital Partners, which had over $9.5 billion of funds under management in July 2017 and is one of the largest private infrastructure management firms. At Alinda, he was on the board member of various portfolio companies including a multi-state regulated gas utility, a multi-state parking company, a municipal lighting company and a company providing wastewater treatment under a 30 year concession. Prior to Alinda, Mr. Dyk was the Managing Director of Pacific Capital Resources and Atlantis Water Fund. He was a Regional Vice President of Foster Wheeler Capital & Finance Corporation and President of Ahlstrom Capital. He was the head of the project finance team at Union Bank of California.

He is a former member of the advisory board to the Institute for Infrastructure Finance and holds a B.A. with honors from Claremont McKenna College.