Ann is a Senior Advisor at Gatehouse Advisory Partners, a London-based geopolitical consulting firm. She is also the Chief Economist and an Executive Partner at AfricInvest, a leading investment platform financing Afrian companies at various stages of development to provide value and impact for its investors. She has previously served as Managing Director and head of Emerging Markets Research in Europe for both Citi and Nomura. Ann is a founding board member of the US government-funded Tunisian American Enterprise Fund (TAEF), supporting Tunisian SMEs;a board member of the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA); Treasurer of the Board of the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST); and a Committee Member of the British Tunisian Society (BTS). She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and obtained her Master’s degree at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. In addition to her native English, Ann is fluent in French and Arabic (Tunisian dialect).