Eileen Burbidge
Eileen Burbidge[1][2], MBE, is an American venture capitalist[3][4] resident in London and a founding partner of Passion Capital.[5][6] In July 2015 she was appointed as the British Treasury's "special envoy" for fintech.[7][8]
Eileen previously worked in marketing roles at Apple and Sun Microsystems. In 2004 she moved from the United States to London to pursue a career with Skype. After working at Skype, Burbidge launched Passion Capital, an early stage London venture capital firm, with Stefan Glaenzer in 2008.[9]
In the 2015 New Year Honours for services to entrepreneurship, Burbidge was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire.[10]
Personal life
Eileen was born in 1971 and has also used the name Eileen Tso and Eileen Broch, her maiden name and her name from a previous marriage, respectively. [11]
References
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- ^ Treanor, Jill. "Eileen Burbidge: the American angel investor spearheading UK fintech | Business". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ^ "UK Treasury names Eileen Burbidge special envoy for fintech - Business Insider". Uk.businessinsider.com. 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ^ "UK Government Productivity Plan" (PDF). Gov.UK. 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
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- ^ "About: Eileen Burbidge". TechAcute. Retrieved 2016-04-17.