Julia Alexander
Julia is CEO of Dalberg Research, based in Washington DC and Africa. Julia previously served as Chief Product Officer of Frontier Strategy Group, a research and software firm serving Fortune 500 executives operating in emerging markets. In this role, Julia was responsible for the strategy, development and delivery of all products and client-related content with a particular emphasis on Africa.
Julia previously served in the Office of the Chairman at Goldman Sachs, working with the CEO on client relationship management and emerging markets strategy. She began her career as a mergers and acquisitions investment banker at Goldman Sachs. Julia has extensive experience across Africa and is Co-Founder of GoMa Ventures, an emerging markets social venture fund in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She holds a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Hans Uldall-Poulsen
Hans Uldall-Poulsen is head of client services in Dalberg research. Hans is an experienced economist and has worked with economic analysis and communication for more than 10 years - first as a researcher within the academic field and later as a senior consultant in the private sector.
Hans' work has been centered around globalization and economic development with special attention to energy markets. His work has formed the basis for both general policy recommendation and innovation of specific business opportunities within the energy sector.
Prior to joining Dalberg, Hans worked as a senior portfolio analyst in DONG Energy – the biggest Energy Company in Denmark – and as a senior consultant in the globalization department within the Confederation of Danish Industries (DI). Hans is the author of numerous articles regarding economic development and has edited several issues of the Global Benchmark Report - an international benchmark report published by DI. Earlier on in his career Hans worked as a researcher for respectively The Danish National Center for Social Research and the Danish news paper Politiken. Hans holds a M.Sc. in Economics from University of Copenhagen.
Martin Mbaya
Martin is Dalberg Research's Project Execution Manager based in Nairobi, and manages day-to-day research execution.
Martin joined Dalberg Research after serving as founding CEO and Director of Nairobi Capital Inc., a US based mobile money financial intermediary with a wholly owned Kenyan operating subsidiary. As part of the core founding team, he led the start-up's growth over a 2-year period from concept, through incubation by MIT Venture Mentoring Service and MassChallenge into an established angel backed company.
Before that, Martin was a Financial Analyst and Management Fellow at Harvard University's Office of Treasury Management. He provided project management and analytical support in various strategic initiatives at the university focused on liquidity and financial risk management. He also supported the establishment of a global banking platform for the university including global banking partnerships, banking infrastructure in China, Western Union partnership and business processes redesign. Prior to Harvard, Martin was a technology consultant for several years with Electronic Knowledge Interchange in Chicago and a founding member of Strathmore Business School in Kenya. Martin holds an SB degree (Mechanical Engineering) from MIT and an MPP degree (International Trade and Finance) from Harvard.
Daniel Kaplan
Daniel Kaplan is Dalberg Research's Senior Researcher based out of South Africa.
Prior to joining Dalberg, Daniel worked for Analysis Group, a leading economic consultancy headquartered in Boston, where he served Fortune 500 companies across a number of industries. Daniel has also spent some time working for New York University's Development Research Institute and the United Nations Children's Fund in New York.
Daniel holds a Masters degree in Economics from New York University and a Bachelors degree from the University of Cape Town. Outside of his professional interests, Daniel has completed a degree at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and has served on the board of one of America's oldest choral arts organizations.
Henrik Skovby
Henrik Skovby is the former Global Managing Partner and founder of Dalberg. In his current capacity as Executive Chairman of Dalberg Group most of Henrik's time is dedicated to industry innovation and establishing new business lines under the Dalberg brand. As a strategy consultant, Henrik's main focus has been corporate strategy and organizational reforms. He has led a series of institutional reviews in the development sector and has been involved in launching several global commissions and thought leadership initiatives.
Prior to Dalberg, Henrik worked at McKinsey & Company, where his focus was financial and public institutions. He began his professional career at the United Nations Development Program, where he worked on project management, budget matters, and strategic positioning of the organization.
Henrik holds a Master's of Public Administration degree from Harvard University, a degree in Business Economics from Copenhagen Business School, and an undergraduate degree in Political Science from University of Aarhus.
Madjiguene Sock
Madji Sock directs Dalberg's Dakar office and manages the firm's activities in West Africa. She has more than 14 years of experience implementing and managing projects in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and the United States. Madji has supported a number of development projects and organizational transformation initiatives in sectors as varied as agriculture, health, information and communication technologies, economic development, and many others.
Madji's recent engagements have included serving on the functional review of the president's office in a West African nation, assessing private financing needs in the health sector in Cameroon, supporting the organizational transformation of a Belgian technical assistance fund in Senegal, and the review of an organization responsible for the development of agricultural infrastructure in a region of Burkina Faso.
Prior to Dalberg, Madji worked for Deloitte Touche Tomatsu in Washington DC, where she managed a project to promote Black Economic Empowerment in South Africa's agricultural sector and served on one of the world's largest corruption investigations in Indonesia. Madji holds an MBA in International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and is a Certified Fraud Examiner.
Alex Holm
Alex Holm Jensen is co-owner of Systematic A/S, a leading international IT company delivering mission critical systems and services to the defense, healthcare and public sectors as well as finance and service professions. He is Chairman of the Board and has for many years been Executive Vice President at Systematic.
Prior to Systematic Alex served for 15 years as managing director at a medium sized Danish Bank. He has also worked as business consultant as well as professional board member in many companies and public institutions.Alex is experienced within financial, organizational and strategic issues and has a special interest in combining strong business performance with human talent development and CSR considerations.
Today Alex is an active investor in African private sector enterprises with emphasize on SME companies. He is a member of several Boards of Africa based companies and Deputy Chairman of Dalberg Research A/S. Alex holds a Master's degree in Business Economics from Aarhus University.
Dr. Mukul Kumar
Dr. Mukul Kumar joined Hult as Chief Academic Officer and Chief Operating Officer in 2011, with responsibility for all academic programs and campus operations across the globe.
Dr. Kumar has started and led high- growth, global advisory and education businesses, and taught at US and European universities. Prior to Hult, Dr. Kumar was Executive Director, Executive Education and a member of the faculty at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. He led the creation of an entire portfolio of new executive education programs. He taught Economics, Management Consulting, and Action Learning Projects. He has also lectured at Georgetown University and Toulouse Business School.
Previously, Dr. Kumar launched and led the Technology Infrastructure Practice at The Corporate Executive Board (CEB) providing 600+ clients with advisory, benchmarking and executive education products. His clients included companies across a broad range of industries: BP, Bristol Myers Squibb, Exxon-Mobil, Fidelity, Kelloggs, Nestle, among others. Dr. Kumar started his career in consulting. As an Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Co. at The World Bank and Palantir LLC, he led projects in international economics and forecasting. Dr. Kumar holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University and bachelor's degrees in Mathematics and Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Stephen Bailey
Mr. Stephen Bailey serves as a board advisor on financial institutional clients and industry partnership building.
Until Recently, Mr. Stephen Bailey served as the Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Strategy Group (FSG), a software and data business serving Fortune 500 executives who have responsibility for emerging economies. Stephen led the successful completion of a partial sale of the company to Spark Capital in December 2010. Prior to his role as CEO, he served as FSG's Chief Product Officer, with responsibility for the development and delivery of all products and client-related content.
Until Recently, Mr. Stephen Bailey served as the Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Strategy Group (FSG), a software and data business serving Fortune 500 executives who have responsibility for emerging economies. Stephen led the successful completion of a partial sale of the company to Spark Capital in December 2010. Prior to his role as CEO, he served as FSG's Chief Product Officer, with responsibility for the development and delivery of all products and client-related content.
Before joining FSG, he was a corporate attorney in the Washington, DC offices of WilmerHale. Stephen is a member of the Board of Directors of the Truman National Security Project and the Glenn Pelham Foundation.
He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude in History from Emory University and holds a JD from the Yale Law School. Stephen is a member of the Young President's Organization (YPO).