WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT ENTREPRENEURS

 

DFG is a boutique corporate finance and strategic advisory firm that focuses on boosting private sector development, through the mid-market.

We work with entrepreneurs, sponsors, financial institutions and the public sector to execute transactions and provide insights that facilitate access to finance and markets.

MID-SIZED BUSINESSES ARE THE POWER ENGINE OF A DYNAMIC ECONOMY

Vision

To be a renowned catalyst of economic development

Mission

To be foremost in gathering intelligence, harnessing capabilities and executing advisory services that help businesses and communities prosper.

Values = RAC³

Rigour

Be tenacious, thorough and meticulous. It builds professional competence  

Accountability

Maintain client confidences and put client interest foremost. It proves responsibility

Candor

Be open, honest and respectful to clients and one another. It builds trust

Character

Act with the courage of our convictions. It builds integrity and independence  

Citizenship

Act with empathy and to promote well-being of all. It engenders good ethical stewardship

Advisors

Stanley Dania

MBA, FCA (NG), CPA, CGA

Stanley Dania

Stanley Dania is a seasoned investment banker and private sector development expert with over 25 years’ experience, as both an advisor and a principal, in mid-market mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and strategic advisory.

Stanley has successfully completed deals with an aggregate value of $5 billion, including nearly $2 billion of financing raised in major capital markets. He has led and executed 40+ sellside and buyside M&A, and financing transactions across a broad range of industries and regions including: Energy Services in the prolific US shale basins; Midstream Infrastructure and Power in Canada; as well as Private Equity, Project Finance, Agribusiness and TMT in Africa.

Stanley has a track record of working with business leaders and policymakers in both the public and private sectors. He is passionate about entrepreneurs, access to finance, and helping businesses progress along the maturity curve – having cut his teeth working with business owners  quite early in his career, first as a banker and then as the CFO of a publicly listed industrial company, advancing credit and trade terms to customers.

Stanley holds an executive MBA from IESE Business School (Barcelona); chartered accounting designations, Fellow (Nigeria) and Associate (Canada); and a BSc in Business Administration from the University of Benin.

Massood Oroomchi

B.SC. (ECON.), FCA (UK)

Massood Oroomchi

Massood Oroomchi has over 45 years of financial experience advising a full range of public and private organizations across diverse industries. He specializes in the design and implementation of internal control programs and executing mid-market Mergers and Acquisitions and pre-IPO transaction support, including integrations.

He has developed a comprehensive and customizable risk-based Internal Control Solution, that covers the breadth of due diligence inquiries buyers typically make and positions clients to proactively address them.

As a finance executive, Massood has worked extensively in various senior finance positions in a cross section of industries including oil & gas (Vice-President and Controller of Enbridge Group of Companies) and information technology organizations (Senior VP Finance & Administration of Descartes Systems Group). He has also worked in public practice in Canada, Europe and the Middle East (PricewaterhouseCoopers). 

Massood is a widely regarded public speaker, executive coach, and fully qualified instructor for the Provincial CPA Institutes across Canada. He is a past-member of the Board of Directors of the Financial Executives International in Canada and Past-Chair of its Audit & Finance Committee. He is also a past-member of the Accounting Standards Oversight Council of the Canadian CPA Institute. Massood is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (England & Wales) and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Queen Mary College, University of London, England.