Vice President, Mozilla Foundation — Founder, Melo Avenue Capital

Imagination determines which systems are built, which risks are accepted, and which futures become viable. I work where capital, governance, and technology meet: at Mozilla Foundation, where I lead strategic growth and design multimillion-dollar initiatives for the technology ecosystem, and through Melo Avenue Capital, where I back early-stage companies building the instruments to see and measure what's been invisible, on civilizational scales.

Much of my intellectual life as a trained political theorist sits in the history of automated technologies and the political and economic thought that has accompanied them — how classical traditions continue to shape contemporary debates on artificial intelligence, democratic governance, digital power, and the future of work.

Strategic Ecosystem & Coalitions

Capital Allocators, building multi-year capital strategies with family offices, corporate partners, and institutional allocators.

Governments & Multilateral Bodies, structuring governance initiatives and cross-sector collaborations with governments and multilateral institutions, from city to G7 level.

Infrastructure Pioneers, backing early-stage companies through Melo Avenue Capital: founders building the instruments to see and measure what's been invisible, in soil, structures, and critical resources.

Executive & Advisory Profile

Vice President, Imagination & Strategic Growth, Mozilla Foundation (innovation and external affairs)

Philanthropic Trustee & Corporate Board Director

Fellowships & Networks: USC/Berggruen Institute | Harvard | EquiTech Futures | Tech Diplomacy Network

Academic Credentials

Rhodes Scholar

PhD & MA, Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles

MBA, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

MSc, African Studies, University of Oxford

B.Bus.Sci, Economics with Law, University of Cape Town

Additional training: One-Year Conservatory in Film Production, New York Film Academy

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