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Brian Trelstad

Brian Trelstad is chief investment officer of Acumen Fund, a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty.

Before joining Acumen Fund, Trelstad spent four years at McKinsey & Company as a consultant in the healthcare and non-profit practices and as an editor of the McKinsey Quarterly.

Prior to McKinsey, he worked as a case writer at Stanford University's Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and advised a number of early-stage technology companies. He was the lead environmental staffer for President Clinton's AmeriCorps program, and he co-founded and directed the Center for Environmental Citizenship.

Focus: Business, Development, United States, Americas

Link: http://www.acumenfund.org/

Related Resources:

• Investing in the Poor (Audio)

Last Updated: Jul 29, 2009