Jonathan Berman joined Shell Foundation in May 2022 as its Chief Executive Officer, guiding SF’s strategy and delivery.
He currently serves on the Boards of Factor[e], which invests in and builds de-carbonised solutions for emerging market economies; Asoko Insight, which delivers superior data and analysis on emerging market corporations; and AIP Migo Money, which invests in emerging market payment solutions.
Before joining SF, Jonathan was managing partner of AIP, a private investment partnership focused on emerging market digital transformation. He was previously Partner and Director of the global corporate practice at Dalberg, a strategy advisor with 21 offices worldwide. Jonathan is author of the book Success in Africa (foreword by Robert Rubin), which President Bill Clinton calls “timely and important,” and Coke CEO Neville Isdell describes as “a great book” His views appear in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Bloomberg and Harvard Business Review.
Jonathan holds a BA from Yale and an MA from University of California at Berkeley.