GIAC Leadership Team

Meet our founders

Dr. Martin Kwende

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Martin is a seasoned leader with over 35 years of experience in medical device technologies, clinical research, entrepreneurship, innovation, finance, and investments. He has held roles at Medtronic, Guidant, Arthrocare, Spiracur, Transamerica, WFG, GIAC, and MaxBalo. Passionate about empowering underserved communities and bridging entrepreneurial gaps in Africa, his vision focuses on financial independence, generational wealth, and community growth. He holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and a B.Sc. in Physics-with-Electronics from Liverpool University, as well as an MBA from San Francisco State University.

Dr. Eric T Matey

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Dr. Eric T Matey brings over 10 years of experience in entrepreneurship, investment, advisory and scaling companies. He is passionate about building high-performance teams using dynamic tools to achieve client goals. Eric is a clinical pharmacogenomics pharmacist and director of Mayo Clinic pharmacogenomics (PGx) post graduate year two (PGY2) program with over 18-year experience in the implementation of medication therapy management. Eric holds a doctor in pharmacy degree from Howard School of Pharmacy and an MBA from Augsburg University. As a vital partner at GIAC, he plays a critical role in the success of companies in their ecosystem, by creating partnerships and leveraging investors and the business community to envision the potential of current and new companies.

Akwasi Peprah

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Akwasi brings over 20 years of experience in entrepreneurship, sales, customer experience, investment, scaling companies, acquisitions, finance, and spin-offs. He’s passionate about building high-performance teams and relentlessly pursuing the highest metrics of value creation. He is razor focused on revenue growth and exceptional customer experience while driving impact. His work experience spans across many companies including IBM, Cisco, Department of Transportation, Khapsul, GIAC, LevaData, Fama, and MaxBalo. He holds an MBA from University of Minnesota and B.S. in Computer Science from Alabama State University.