Vicky Fuller, currently Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF) joined African Private Equity Venture Capital Association.

Mrs. Fuller will join the association’s advisory council which works to develop private equity in Africa.

Holder of an MBA from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor in Economy from Roosevelt University, Vicky Fuller has been listed in the recent most influential Afro-Americans rankings by Black Enterprise. In 2014, she had been declared Woman of the Year by Association Financial Women.

“My introduction to, and involvement with AVCA has been transformational for me. Needless to say, I am deeply committed to the goal of attracting higher levels of private capital to Africa,” said Vicky Fuller.

AVCA also appointed Sev Vettivetpillai, a partner at the Abraaj Group, to its Board of Directors.