Global talent investor

EF Team

Alice Bentinck

CPO

Alice Bentinck is co-founder and CPO at Entrepreneur First, which she started with Matt Clifford in 2011.

She also set up Code First: Girls, a not-for-profit that has taught 5,000 women to code for free while at university.

Alice started her career at McKinsey & Co. She was awarded an MBE for services to business in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Yi Ning Lim

Head of Global Marketing, Entrepreneur First

Leads on EF's brand and content, angel investor and growth strategy mentor

Thomas Poitrineau

Leads company creation process, experienced launching and managing businesses

Vivek Kumar

Founder with extensive experience supporting and scaling early tech startups in India

Lena Berghaus

Talent Manager, EF Berlin

Expertise at the intersection of global talent and entrepreneurship

Matt Clifford

Co-founded EF to help the world's most ambitious people break into entrepreneurship

Jonny Clifford

General Manager, London

Leads EF London, supported companies to raise over $100m in seed funding

Coralie Chaufour

General Manager, Paris

Engagement Manager at McKinsey and corporate lawyer, graduated from Harvard and Sciences Po

Tom Shinner

Experienced director and co-founder bringing experience from the Civil Service and consultancy

Bernadette Cho

General Manager, Singapore

Angel investor with high-level experience from across the startup, technology and non-profit sectors

Ashwin Chandra

Entrepreneur in Residence

2-time founder supporting teams to ideate and build backable companies

Philipp Herkelmann

General Manager

Leads EF Germany, with previous experience in global leading tech companies in Europe and the Valley

Rachel Zimmer

General Manager, Toronto

Exited founder and startup mentor, passionate about accelerating Canadian entrepreneurship

Bogdan Knezevic

Form Manager, Toronto

Mentor to founders throughout their EF journey, experience both investment and startup side