Temi
Marcella
Olatunde

Global Investor. Board Director.
Institution Builder.

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Temi Marcella Olatunde is a global investor, board director and institution builder with nearly two decades of experience across private equity, venture capital, growth investing, operating leadership and governance.

Her career spans Goldman Sachs, TPG-managed investment platforms and early-stage investing, alongside building and leading businesses across international markets. Here she shares perspectives on capital, leadership and the decisions shaping businesses, markets and enduring institutions.

About

Focus

Investment

Capital follows structural change.

Investing across private markets and emerging technology, with a focus on the forces creating enduring economic value.

Institution Building

Capital starts businesses. Institutions endure.

Building the ownership, governance and operating foundations that allow enterprises to endure beyond their founders.

Governance

Judgement at the intersection of capital, strategy and risk.

Board and Investment Committee experience spanning investment oversight, transformation and institutional growth.

Selected Record

~ 20 years

Investment, operating leadership and governance

US$1bn+

Institutional capital committed

4 continents

International investment experience

The Marcella Edit

Ideas Shaping What's Next.

Perspectives, experiences and intelligence on capital, leadership and the world.

The Intelligence · From TM Alpha Frontier Markets Don’t Have a Capital Problem. They Have a Liquidity Problem Why the binding constraint in many growth markets is the architecture that lets capital enter, recycle and exit, and an introduction to the Liquidity Architecture Framework. Published by TM Alpha · 14 August 2026 Developed from remarks at Fundraising in Frontier Markets, Private Equity Institute, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, April 2026. Explore the analysis

The Intelligence · From TM Alpha London Is Not a Gateway. It Is a Partner. How financial centres move from transaction-led gateway relationships to durable institutional partnership, through the Partnership Continuum. Published by TM Alpha · 14 August 2026 Explore the analysis TM VANTAGE · The Annual Letter The 2025 Annual Letter Leadership reflections on the year behind and the one ahead. Published as The Annual Read the Annual Letter

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Platforms

Alcent Capital Investment & Ownership Long-term investment and ownership. Visit Alcent Capital TMP Strategy, Governance & Capital Institutional strategy and strategic advisory. Visit TMP TM Alpha Research & Intelligence Independent research and institutional intelligence. Visit TM Alpha

Media

Conversations, coverage and institutional engagements.

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

Women at the Finance Frontier

Panellist · Davos · January 2026

A conversation on wealth, ownership and the future of capital allocation.

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University of Oxford Valuation in Frontier Markets Industry Expert Contributor · Guest Lecturer · Oxford Programme on Valuation of Private Assets · October 2026 View engagement World Economic Forum Moving Beyond Representation to Economic Power Firestarter Speaker · Global Gender Parity Sprint Champions · New York · September 2026 View engagement Forbes Temi Marcella Combines Profit and Purpose to Impact Emerging Markets Profile · October 2024 Read profile

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Selected Distinctions

Recognition from institutions shaping global leadership, finance and enterprise.

World Economic Forum

Young Global Leader

Goldman Sachs

Global Leader

Kauffman Fellows

Kauffman Fellow

Enquiries

For considered conversations across investment, governance and institutional leadership.

Boards, Advisory & Strategic Partnerships
office@temimarcella.com

Temi Marcella Olatunde