Ray is a Managing Partner at ECM. He provides multi-asset research and advisory services to institutional investors investing mostly in Zimbabwe. He has advised investors including pension funds, fund managers and corporates on investment deals, and asset class selection and allocation. Ray is also involved in facilitating capital raising across different sectors.

Before Emergent Capital Management, Ray was a Management Consultant. He consulted on major multi-million dollar infrastructure programmes and projects taking place on the continent including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique and Mauritania. His main focus of work was project feasibility studies, project risk management, infrastructure performance management, Investment and market research and programme and performance management.

Mr. Chipendo received a BSc Honours in Economics from University of Zimbabwe and an MBA from GIBS Business School.