Deva is an Economist, Chartered Secretary, administrator, and the founder of the SAFYR Group which is a financial services group focusing on investment banking activities in Mauritius. Through its investment banking platform, Safyr Capital, the group services a large number of African centric clients ranging from institutional investors to large family offices. The Group focuses primarily on investments which have a strong social and governance impact..

As the President of Grace Outreach, Deva’s vision to extend the activities of SAFYR as an arm for impact investments