Vice President, Mozilla Foundation — Founder, Melo Avenue Capital

Mozilla Foundation

I work at the intersection of capital, governance, and technology — deploying institutional and private resources to build the infrastructure layer of emerging technology systems..

At Mozilla Foundation, I contribute to long-term institutional strategy and help develop partnerships and investment structures that support alternative technology futures. My work is grounded in the view that imagination determines which systems are built, which risks are accepted, and which futures become viable.

My expertise spans capital markets, political theory and the social study of technology. I hold a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an MBA and MSc from the University of Oxford, where I was a Rhodes Scholar. I am originally from South Africa, and my professional experience includes work in corporate, academic, and philanthropic settings across multiple regions.

Much of my personal intellectual interest lies in the historical development of automated technologies and in the political and economic thought that has accompanied them. I am particularly interested in how classical traditions of thought continue to shape contemporary debates on artificial intelligence, democratic governance, digital power, and the future of work.

Alongside my institutional work, I invest privately through Melo Avenue Capital, a personal investment vehicle focused on infrastructure-layer companies in technology and resource systems. I also serve in philanthropic trustee and corporate board director capacities.

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Education

PhD, Political Science
University of California, Los Angeles

MBA
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

MSc, African Studies
University of Oxford

MA, Political Science
University of California, Los Angeles

B.Bus.Sci, Economics with Law
University of Cape Town

Additional Training

One-Year Conservatory in Film Production
New York Film Academy