
Melissa Cook
Member, President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa
Melissa T. Cook, CFA is the Founder and Managing Director of African Sunrise Partners LLC. ASP produces market intelligence and research reports for institutional investors and corporate executives. ASP also offers corporate advisory services and matchmaking. Ms. Cook has over 25 years of global research experience—including a front-row seat watching the emergence of new economies in Eastern Europe and China. She covered entertainment, broadcasting, housing, capital goods, and consumer companies as an equity analyst at Drexel Burnham, Prudential Securities and CLSA/Crédit Agricole. At CLSA, Ms. Cook was the Head of AsiaUSA Strategy, where she analyzed the impact of China’s rise on multinational companies and global markets, as well as China’s strategy for developing new markets. She was Head of Global Research at Lazard Asset Management.
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