SEDF 2025 Team Achievements
Across
- 1. Demonstrated wizardry across all SEDF dimensions - from investments to data systems to Bollywood dancing
- 3. Onboarded numerous teammates while securing the finest establishments for our team weeks, happy hours and summer soirees
- 6. Proved you can develop a deal in Pakistan within 30 minutes of joining the team
- 8. Juggled countless tasks without breaking a sweat, having cut his teeth in the trenches of government service
- 12. Jolly jokered ops, impact, comms, HR, data and a slew of other subtle things that help make us tick
- 13. Managed the complexity of Georgia's calendar while organizing cocktails for a few hundred people in Oxford
- 14. Jumped from changing diapers and bottles into operations for four directors and the rest of the team
- 15. Saved Jamie's life during HEAT training while overseeing SEDF's largest-ever set of annual commitments
- 17. Supported deals across the portfolio while setting records for in-office attendance and scouting 'bankable' waves in Africa
- 18. Became SEDF's first TikTok influencer while dashing out strategies left and right
- 19. Shaped strategy and IMM after 5 months as if she'd been working at SEDF for 5 years
Down
- 1. Leapt into action to ensure media independence in the US and globally while furthering her DJ career
- 2. Completed the buildout of SEDF's new team, IC and advisory board while speaking on a panel per week
- 4. Proved you can advance a dozen deals while getting married
- 5. Survived the year (with all body parts) while making it rain as our payment master
- 7. Presented SEDF investments to a rowdy, bacchanal crowd of over 50,000 as a warmup for Coldplay
- 9. Upheld repro rights and media expression in the US while managing a classroom of kids at home
- 10. Managed Catherine's busy agenda and our collective IT agendas with grace and style
- 11. Expanded family size while closing dozens of deals from our Southwestern Office
- 15. Spearheaded the energy revolution across Africa while lurching incognito at Pakistani markets
- 16. Oversaw three years worth of investment and grant contracts in 2025