James Burton

Head Of Strategy at LeapFrog Investments

As Senior Manager in the Strategy team at LeapFrog, James spearheads initiatives to build robust growth outcomes for the company.

James brings to the role a breadth of experience in the financing and growth of organisations that leverage innovative technologies for social impact. He has consulted widely in the space, including helping BCG Digital Ventures to launch their first social impact start-up and senior members of the Swedish Nobel Family to develop initiatives which support and reward sustainable technologies.

James has also advised organisations such as the World Bank and the Nigerian Ministry of Finance on the allocation of capital to maximise the impact of entrepreneurial support programs and contributed to academic and professional literature on the subject. Previously, he served on the personal staff of XPRIZE and Singularity University founder Peter Diamandis and as an analyst direct to the Chairman of Pacific Equity Partners, a leading Australian Private Equity firm.

James holds a Master of Science and an MBA from the University of Oxford, where he was a Pershing Square Scholar.

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LeapFrog Investments invests in exceptional businesses in emerging Asia and Africa – and enables leaps of growth, profitability and impact. Launched in 2008, the group’s portfolio of companies now reaches 212 million people with financial services and healthcare, across 33 countries. 167 million of those people are emerging consumers; most are accessing formal insurance, savings, pensions, credit, remittances or healthcare for the first time.


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