John Morton
Vice President, Office of Investment Policy, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
John Morton is vice president of investment policy at Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC), where he oversees the application of policies that maximize OPIC's sustainable development impact, including OPIC's aggressive carbon portfolio reduction goals. Prior to joining OPIC, Morton was managing director of economic policy at The Pew Charitable Trusts, where his team developed and promoted policy solutions to issues such as the growing U.S. deficit, changing financial regulatory systems and trends in economic mobility in America's middle class. Prior to joining Pew, Morton was director of national security for the John Kerry presidential campaign, an investment officer with Global Environment Fund and a strategy consultant with Mercer Management Consulting. He began his career at the World Bank. Morton holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard College, an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.A. from the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.