Prior to meeting his fellow founders at Oxford, Eric spent four years on originating renewable energy projects in Africa. He became passionate about finding a way to sustainably finance badly needed power projects in some of the most difficult environments. Eric was an investment banker at Deutsche Bank, before leaving to advise the Mayor of London (and now UK Prime Minister) on his successful 2012 re-election campaign. He then went on to become a Senior Policy Adviser for the British Government, working on large infrastructure projects and international climate treaty negotiations, before completing his time in government with year long stint in Brexit negotiations. Eric also worked as a consultant economist for the World Bank Group, working on prosperity enhancement and climate change mitigation projects in western Africa and the Bank's emergency CoVID-19 response. Eric holds a BA in Philosophy, Political Science and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of Oxford.
William is passionate about venture building. He seeks out innovative and brilliant people and enjoys helping them strategically build successful businesses that generate sustained impact. Before starting his MBA, William worked in Kulczyk Investment's newly established early stage venture fund, Manta Ray, plus their start-up accelerator program, The inCredibles, in collaboration with Google and IBM. Previously William worked in Rome as the Aide-de-Camp to Fra’ Matthew Festing, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta (a multi-national charity), and in New York as a management consultant working with small and medium size businesses across the USA. William holds a BA in Social Sciences from the University of Durham and an MBA from the University of Oxford.
Cristobal has over 17 years’ experience in infrastructure development and corporate real estate services in Latin America, the Middle East and the UK. He currently advises UNECE on urban PPP strategies and had advised several Latin American governments on PPP/PFI, capacity building and delivery projects In addition he has led or. been involved with a number of infrastructure, energy and real estate initiatives for Transport for London, AATE in Peru, FDN in Colombia and Metro de Santiago in Chile. Previously, he held senior positions at Mott MacDonald, Altra Capital Limited. Ankhal Enegry and Capital Project Consultancy LLP. Cristobal holds a BSc in engineering from UBB Chile, a MSc in Business and Management (concentrating in finance) from the University of Plymouth and a Post-Graduate Diploma (PGDip), from ENDuRE and Digital Economy Advanced Labs (DEAL) from the University of Surrey.