Tom has been living and working in Sierra Leone since 2004, and is the founder of ManoCap, an impact investment firm that has been working in Sierra Leone and Liberia for the last 8 years. He is also the co-founder of the Welbodi Partnership, a health charity that supports the Ola During Children’s Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Tom has worked for Lansdowne Partners, a UK based hedge fund manager focusing on UK equities, and as a management consultant for Marakon Associates in London, New York, Amsterdam and Mexico, focused primarily on the financial services sector. He holds an M.Phil in Development Studies from Cambridge University and a BA in Human Sciences from Oxford University.