Speaker Bio
Fatou is a Managing Partner of Bootstrap Europe, a Growth Debt fund investing in Technology and Life Sciences, mainly in Europe and the US.
Prior to Bootstrap, Fatou was a founding partner together with Stephanie of The Real Economy Effect (TREE) in 2012 where she managed private equity and venture capital portfolios on behalf of family offices and multi-asset managers.
Fatou started her career as an investment banker at Citigroup in their London and Johannesburg offices, where she spent over five years advising European and emerging markets clients on cross border M&A, high yield debt and equity financing and leveraged buyouts.
Fatou is from Senegal, lives in Zurich with her husband and 2 boys who teach her patience and creativity every day!