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Michelle Ashworth

Venture consultant
CDC
Private Sector & Development author
Michelle is Venture Consultant to the CDC Group plc, the UK’s development finance institution, where she advises on all venture related activities in both South Asia and Africa. Michelle is also Head of Venture at the Church Commissioners for England, the Church of England’s investment fund, which she joined in December 2016. Prior to joining the Church Commissioners for England, Michelle was Director of Fund Investments at venture fund-of-funds, VenCap International plc. Michelle is an alumnus of INSEAD. She holds a Diploma in Financial Strategy from the Said Business School at the University of Oxford. She received a Masters of Philosophy in Science degree in Pure Mathematics and a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Birmingham.
CDC
CDC is the UK’s development finance institution. CDC supports the building of businesses throughout some of the world’s poorest places in Africa and South Asia, to create jobs. CDC focuses on investing in countries where the private sector is weak, jobs are scarce and the investment climate is difficult, but particularly in sectors where growth leads to jobs.