Ms. Williams joined IMB in 2020 and is a Senior Associate. She had over five years of private equity and investment banking experience prior to joining IMB.

Prior to IMB, Assiatu was a Senior Associate at The Carlyle Group where she was a member of the firm’s Sub-Saharan African fund based in Johannesburg, South Africa. In this role, she evaluated and structured leveraged buyouts and growth equity investments throughout Sub-Sharan Africa from 2014 to 2017. Ms. Williams also previously worked in the investment banking division at Credit Suisse as an Analyst from 2011-2013.

Assiatu received a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Passions: Assiatu enjoys boxing, hiking, painting, pottery and watching historical documentaries
• Favorite Vacation Spot: Chamonix, France
• Favorite Book: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe