Yvonne is an investment Partner at LocalGlobe, where she leads investments across Europe and Africa. An experienced investor and board member, she has spent over a decade in strategy consulting, deal origination, portfolio and board management across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Yvonne was previously a founding member of Impact X Capital Partners, a UK-based venture capital fund, established in 2019 to support underrepresented entrepreneurs across Europe. During her time there, she led an investment in leading insurtech player Marshmallow, which became Britain’s second Black-founded billion dollar-valued tech startup.

Prior to Impact X, Yvonne was a senior investment manager at Mitsui & Co, where she led investments in transformative companies including Wise (formerly TransferWise). With a career that began as an analyst at Goldman Sachs in London, Yvonne has since brought her expertise to companies around the globe, living and working in countries ranging from Israel to Japan.

She currently sits on the board of Innovate Finance, set up to foster a more innovative global fintech environment, and is also a member of the London Hub of Global Shapers of the World Economic Forum, a community of young people driving change.