Yvonne Bajela is an experienced venture capital investment professional and board member with over 10 years of experience in strategy consulting, deal origination, portfolio management and board management across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Yvonne is currently a Partner at LocalGlobe and Latitude. She is also a founding member of Impact X, a £100m UK-based venture capital fund focused on underrepresented entrepreneurs. During her time as an investor at Impact X, she led an investment in insurtech unicorn, Marshmallow. Prior to Impact X, she was an investment manager at Mitsui, where she led investments in transformative companies including Wise (formerly TransferWise).

Whilst her career began at the multinational investment bank, Goldman Sachs, Yvonne has brought her expertise around the globe, having lived and worked in countries spanning from Israel to Japan, advising companies to scale internationally.

She currently sits on the board of Innovate Finance and is also a member of the London Hub of Global Shapers of the World Economic Forum, a community of young people driving change.

As a strong advocate for entrepreneurship and leadership, Yvonne has been featured in many publications including Forbes, Management Today and The Financial Times. In 2020 she was listed on the Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Europe Finance List, along with a position on Forbes’ 25 Leading Black British People.