
WHO AM I? I am a public company director and an operating partner at an early stage venture fund. People worldwide know me for three things: 👍🏿 First, I’m T-Shaped. What does that mean? Although I trained as a lawyer and spent 20 years driving sales and strategy in consumer-facing internet, I’ve driven innovation as a board director across three industries: Insurance, Staffing, and B2B SaaS. I can go wide and deep. ⭐️ Second, I practice Ubuntu. Not voodoo. Ubuntu is an African concept that means “I am because we are”. I enjoy creating opportunities for others, whether helping people get on boards or helping CEOs build their businesses. My personal motto is to count assists, not points scored. 👊🏾 Finally, I’m WYSIWIG - what you see is what you get. When you are aligned from the inside out, when you try to practice what you preach, people listen. And that makes communication easy. Most importantly, I help people who help people. WHAT I'VE DONE: ✓ Operating Partner @ $750m US multi-stage VC fund; 3 company valuations by 4x in 6 mo ✓ Dir @ £500m UK listed co; 3 new brands in 18 mos., stock +35% ✓ 6x public/private/non-prof Board Member - Chair, comp/gov/strat ✓ Fmr Obama Admin. appointee (@Commerce Dept.) ✓ Global exp: UK 4 yrs, Japan 2 yrs, ANZ 18 mo, deals in APAC/EU ✓ Mentor 4 black 1st time CEOs MY CORE VALUES: Operational excellence, intellectual growth, helping others. Family matters. EXPERTISE: ✔️Business Transformation✔️Advising Startups ✔️Business Operations ✔️Monetization ✔️Leadership ✔️Business Development ✔️Partner Management ✔️Digital Strategy ✔️Public Policy (Government Relations) ✔️ Venture Capital ✔️Angel Investing ✔️International (APAC, EU, UK, JP, AU) ✔️Developing Company Culture ✔️Collaborative Engagement ✔️ Corporate Governance ✔️Mergers and Acquisitions ✔️Marketing and Advertising ✔️Consumer Internet
sosv.com
cfr.org
meta.com
trustpilot.com
edelman.com
trade.gov
videoegg.com
Los Altos, California, United States
Operating Partner
SOSV
• www.linkedin.com/company/sosv
Jan 2019 - Present
San Francisco Bay Area
Nominated Member, Council of Lloyd's (Independent Non-Executive Director); Audit/Risk/ESG.
Lloyd's
• www.linkedin.com/company/lloyd's-of-london
Jan 2023 - Present
London, England, United Kingdom
Non Executive Director; Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees
Hays
• www.linkedin.com/company/hays
Dec 2021 - Present
London, England, United Kingdom
Non Executive Director; Audit, Nomination, Trust & Transparency Committees
Trustpilot
• www.linkedin.com/company/trustpilot
Jun 2021 - Present
London, England, United Kingdom
Member
The Trilateral Commission
• www.linkedin.com/company/trilateral-commission
Sep 2016 - Present
Washington, United States
Life Member, Membership Committee, Co-Chair, Diversity Subcommittee
Council on Foreign Relations
• www.linkedin.com/company/council-on-foreign-relations
Feb 2002 - Present
New York, New York, United States
Chief Executive Officer
The Katama Group, LLC
Sep 2004 - Present
Los Altos, CA
Independent Director, Audit Committee Chair
SilverBox Engaged Merger Corp I
Feb 2021 - Feb 2022
Senior Associate
Linklaters
Jan 1996 - Dec 2000
London, United Kingdom
gannett.com
aol.com
haysplc.com
friendster.com
harvard.edu