Yonas Maru is the Founder and Managing Director of BCS Group, a leading Pan-African telecom
infrastructure company. With a diverse professional background spanning private equity, investment
banking, management consulting, software engineering, and systems, Yonas brings a wealth of expertise
to the industry.

Before establishing BCS Group, he worked at Kingdom Zephyr Management, where he played a key role
in debt securitization transactions, including leading efforts on a $200 million debt securitization deal.
Prior to that, he was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, advising multinational corporations in
telecommunications and IT.

Yonas holds an MBA from Columbia University and an MSc in Civil Engineering from Cornell University.
His strategic leadership has been instrumental in driving BCS Group’s expansion across Africa, delivering
innovative connectivity solutions and strengthening the region’s digital infrastructure.