Eric K. Smucker
esmucker@panafricancapital.com

Eric joined Pan African Capital Group, LLC (PACG) in August of 2007. Eric works at identifying and evaluating investment opportunities in West Africa and beyond. He also actively helps to improve the portfolio companies’ market share, profitability, and overall performance, while determining future exit strategies. His areas include financial modeling, leveraged buy-outs, mergers-and-acquisitions, and private-equity investments. Eric has spent one year living and working in Chad with Mennonite Central Committee as an English teacher and health-services volunteer. He also has worked for the United States Institute of Peace as a graduate research assistant in the Jennings Bryan Randolph Fellows Program. Eric received his B.A in Political Economy from Georgetown University College of Arts and Sciences, and received his M.A. in Conflict Resolution from the Government Department at Georgetown University. Eric is an American citizen and has traveled extensively in Africa, Europe, and South America.