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Temi Marcella Olatunde
Portrait of Temi Marcella Olatunde.

Temi
Marcella
Olatunde

Global Investor. Board Director.
Institution Builder.

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.

Portrait of Temi Marcella Olatunde in a cream tweed jacket.

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

Selected Record

~20 years

Investment, operating leadership and governance

US$1bn+

Capital committed

4 continents

International investment experience

Focus

Investment & ownership

Capital follows structural change.

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

Governance & institutional leadership

Judgement at the intersection of capital, strategy and risk.

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

Institution building

Capital starts businesses. Institutions endure.

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

Speaking

Speaking highlights

Temi Marcella Olatunde on stage at the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of Global Future Leaders in Dubai, 2026.

World Economic Forum

Towards a World of Opportunities for All

Annual Meeting of Global Future Leaders 2026 · Opening Plenary · Dubai

Opening Plenary Speaker · October 2026

Opening plenary remarks at the Forum’s inaugural Annual Meeting of Global Future Leaders, bringing an investor’s perspective to technological transformation, capital allocation and the next generation of economic opportunity.

Temi Marcella Olatunde at the lectern at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, for the Oxford Programme on Valuation of Private Assets.

University of Oxford

Valuation in Frontier Markets

Oxford Programme on Valuation of Private Assets, Saïd Business School · Oxford

Industry Expert Contributor · Guest Lecturer · October 2026

A guest lecture on what happens when conventional valuation frameworks meet frontier markets.

Temi Marcella Olatunde at the World Economic Forum Sustainable Development Impact Meetings 2026 in New York.

World Economic Forum

Moving Beyond Representation to Economic Power

Meeting of Global Gender Parity Sprint Champions · New York

Firestarter Speaker · September 2026

Firestarter remarks on how ownership and allocation authority shape women’s economic opportunity.

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Media

Conversations, coverage and institutional engagements.

Temi Marcella Olatunde speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos.

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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