Dr. Gillian Marcelle is a senior leader in economic development and international business with a proven track record in attracting investment to emerging markets. She is currently the managing member of the Resilience Capital Ventures LLC and has been successful in capital raising, deal origination and guiding the business activities of commercial start-ups and social ventures.
Her geographies of focus include the Caribbean, where she serves as Senior Advisor to MPC Renewable Energies GmbH; and in Sub-Saharan Africa, serving as a non-Executive Director of Tafari Capital Pty Limited, which is an innovative fintech start-up in Joburg.
Her finance background includes development finance with the International Finance Corporation, as well as equities and capital markets with JP Morgan Chase. Gillian has also advised the United Nations on impact investment and innovation for the benefit of the global South. She has two degrees in Economics from the University of the West Indies, St Augustine; and the Kiel Institute of World Economics, Germany; an MBA with a specialization in high technology management from the George Washington University and a doctorate in innovation policy from the Science and Technology Policy Research Unit, SPRU, University of Sussex.
Gillian is also an affiliated researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Cambridge MA, working on public policy issues relating to the low-carbon transition.
