PAUL FLETCHER

Paul Fletcher has a wealth of experience in financial services, in the emerging markets, and most recently in the private equity industry. He was the Senior Partner of Actis, the leading pan emerging markets investor, having previously led CDC, the UK development finance institution.  He led the groundbreaking privatization of CDC to create a mainstream, purpose driven private equity firm.

He is Chairman of Teach for All, the global education movement, and on a number of non-profit and advisory boards including Crisis Action, Systemiq, GIC and Greater Share. He is a regular teacher at London School of Economics. He is a Director of Greenwood Place, as well as an active member of the Advisory Board.

Paul began his career as a trader at Cargill in Minneapolis, and subsequently held various positions at Bankers Trust, SBCI and Citibank where he worked for 12 years in Japan, USA and Kenya. He studied Geography at Oxford University.