Orli runs a boutique advisory firm specialising in private sector investments in infrastructure, with a strong emphasis on climate-related projects across Africa. With over two decades of experience in development finance, structured finance, and impact investing, she has collaborated with leading global institutions, including the World Bank Group, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Norfund, KFW, and Water Equity.
In addition to her role at EMFin, Orli serves on the boards of Factor(e), the Global Gender Smart Fund (GGSF), Sarona Asset Management, and Axian Energy. She is also a member of the investment committees for AgDevCo and Nature Finance.
Most recently, Orli managed four debt funds at Cygnum Capital Asset Management, overseeing a total of $850m in assets under management and an invested portfolio of $330m, spread across 70 transactions in Africa. Her work at Cygnum attracted key limited partners, including KFW and the African Development Bank (AfDB).
Previously, Orli served as director of investments at the Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF), where she played a key role in supporting ventures in emerging markets, such as Aspada, IPDevII, and the WorkingCapital Fund.
Orli also co-founded Impala Energy Holding, where she served as chief investment officer, and spent nearly a decade as managing director of the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF). Earlier in her career, she held key positions at TASC-Ernst & Young and PwC, specialising in infrastructure and project finance.
Orli holds a master’s degree in economics, Magna Cum Laude, from the Eitan Berglas School of Economics at Tel Aviv University.