As Partner and CEO of an emerging-markets public equity boutique, I helped grow the business to USD 5.5bn in assets under management and led 54 people across six offices. Working within a six-person partnership, I experienced how growth changes the demands on leaders: developing people, sharing decisions and building a firm that can operate beyond any one individual.

Over sixteen years in emerging-market investing, I made more than 100 research trips across Asia, Africa and Latin America, investing behind some of the world’s leading consumer entrepreneurs. I served on investment committees spanning regional and global emerging markets and next-generation impact investments.

Alongside my education at Cambridge, INSEAD and Harvard Business School, that experience gave me a global perspective on how people build businesses, judge risk and lead through uncertainty. In coaching, it helps me look beyond a single viewpoint, understand different stakeholder priorities and challenge assumptions while keeping the person making the decision in view.

Leadership and responsibility

I led investment committees, raised capital and introduced AI into fundamental research. The work demanded institutional rigour in investment research, decision-making, governance and responsible ownership. I worked through founder succession and worked closely with founders and institutional investors, including Yale’s endowment. Working with endowments and foundations from the generation of capital allocators shaped by David Swensen deepened my appreciation of long-term judgement, alignment and stewardship.

That experience informs my coaching with founders, partners and senior leaders as their responsibilities grow: testing conviction, inviting challenge and deciding which responsibilities to retain or entrust to others.

Boards and governance

My responsibilities have included regulated fund directorships, an investment-company board and an investment-firm foundation trusteeship, alongside engagement with financial regulators.

I am a trustee of Musana (UK). I have also served on the United World College Endowment Investment Advisory Committee and the Impact Investing Institute Advisory Panel.

Perspective and practice

My psychology background, leadership experience and work in education and development in Asia inform how I work. I bring curiosity and a growth mindset: a belief that people can develop how they think, learn and lead as their responsibilities change. I offer executive coaching for founders, partners and senior leaders, and specialist advisory for investment teams.

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