1986, BSc (Hons) in Applied Mathematics and Management, Carnegie-Mellon University; 1991, MBA, Harvard Business School. Formerly: investment banking and management consulting; 1995-99, Executive Director, Global Initiative, Harvard Business School; 1999-2001, senior management team, World Economic Forum; 2001-03, Director, Index Ventures, 2008-2012, Senior Fellow, Kauffman Foundation. Since 2004, Founder, GV Partners; since 2004, Adviser and Member of the Board, European Foundation for Entrepreneurship Research (EFER); since 2009, consultant, OECD; since 2012, Senior Fellow, Bruegel; since 2013, Affiliate Fellow, Said Business School, Oxford University, since 2014, Visiting Lecturer, Stockholm School of Economics Riga.