Teresa Clarke is a Vice President of Goldman, Sachs & Co. (GS) and a member of the core team launching the firm's Global Markets Institute. Among other responsibilities, she is the manager of the GS Africa Aspen Program, a leadership development project for emerging public- and private-sector African leaders created in cooperation with the Aspen Institute. She joined Goldman, Sachs after graduate school and worked in the investment banking division for six years before leaving to serve as managing director of Abt Associates South Africa, a public-policy consulting firm. During her time in South Africa, she taught corporate finance in the MBA program at Wits Business School and served on the investment committee of the New Africa Opportunity Fund, a $120 million private equity fund. Clarke also served as the president and CEO of Africa.com, the leading Internet portal for Africa, and as founding principal of Clarke Capital, a consulting firm specializing in socially responsible venture capital. Clarke received a bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard College, an MBA from Harvard Business School and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.
