Our Team

A truly global team

We speak multiple languages, come from all over the world and have the expertise to help you build a great company. We’re on a mission to uplift people and economies through entrepreneurship.

Officers and Managing Partners

Chief Executive Officer, Founding Partner

Chief Operating Officer, Managing Partner (LP Trust + Regional Investments + Platform)

Courtney Powell

Managing Partner

Chief Financial Officer (Finance + Data)

General Counsel (Legal)

Managing Partner (Brand + 500 Access)

Managing Partner (Portfolio Value + Product)

Santiago Zavala

Managing Partner

Managing Partner

Managing Partner

Group Strategy

United Arab Emirates

Head of Strategic Relations

Senior Director, Group Strategy

Global Investment

Program Coordinator

Agahuseyn Ahmadov

Head of Accelerator Operations

Market Launch

Executive Director, Global Programs

Practice Director, Training & Development

Regional Director

Regional Director, Startup Programs - EMEA

Regional Director, Programs - APAC

Regional Senior Program Manager

South Korea

Regional Senior Program Manager

Hongseok Yoo

Global Program Manager

Japan

Japan Program Manager

Misaki Majima

Global Senior Program Manager

Research Analyst

Portfolio Value

Head of Portfolio Value

Vijay Rajendran

Director, Portfolio Value

Fullstack Developer

Luis Collantes

Senior Manager, Founder Tools

Project Manager

Events & Community Associate

Miranda Gahagan

Market Strategy

Director, Market Strategy

Nicholas Davison

Director, Japan

Lead, South Asia

United Arab Emirates

Policy Lead

Stephanie Richards

Investor Relations

Head of Investor Relations

Philippe Schenk

Alexandra Boffa-Taylor

Education

Paulina Szyrmer

Head of Global Education

Paulina Szyrmer

Director, Education

Nathalie Trutmann

Senior Operations Manager

Vanessa Samaniego

Senior Strategist

Chandini Ammineni

Legal

Funds and Compliance Counsel

United States

Legal Ops Associate

Liane Kivela

Legal Operations Associate

Nicole Jeong

Associate Counsel, Accelerator and Portfolio Operations

Malaysia

Associate Counsel - Portfolio Operations

Lee Ann Kong

United States

Associate Counsel, Programs and Market Strategy

Shadia Ayoub

Corporate Counsel, Investments

Olivier Sinoncelli

Associate Counsel - MENA

Legal Operations Associate

Malaysia

Associate Counsel

Christine Chan

Finance

United States

Payroll Specialist

Julia Williams

United States

Controller

Bo Sangosanya

Fund Controller

United States

Fund Accounting Manager

Nico Gamboa

Controller - Global Operations

Malaysia

Controller - APAC

Ai Lin Ng

Senior Accountant

Daniela Malagon Alonso

Senior Accountant

Finance Director

Finance Manager

United States

Global Payroll Manager

Monique Tucker

Fund Controller

People and HR

United States

Talent Manager

Stephanie Troxel

Director of Human Resources

Senior Director of People Operations

Rebecca Lundquist

Talent Acquisition Operations Specialist

Eileen Villanueva

HR Employment Contract Lead

Elissa Baharudin

USA

HR Specialist

Karen Villanueva

Head of Global Platforms

Aaron Blumenthal

Sr. Salesforce Business Analyst

Brand and Marketing

Senior Director of Global Communications

Zina Moukheiber

Regional Head of Events & Community - MENA

Manager, Global Brand

Data and Insights

Investment Data Analyst

Malaysia

Data Strategist

Jamie Soo

Investment Data Analyst

Investment Data Analyst

Investment Data Analyst

Investment Data Analyst

Investment Data Analyst

Juin Shern Tong

Executive Operations

Executive Assistant

Saudi Arabia

Executive Assistant

Alaa Ibrahim

500 Emerging Europe

General Partner

Ayse Deniz Mese

Investment Manager

General Partner

Rina Onur Sirinoglu

500 Latin America

Regina Zurutuza

Regional Director, Startup Programs - Latin America

Guillermo Guadarrama

Operations Coordinator

Daniela Pérez Barrón

Cecilia Ezquerro

Head of Community

Mexico

Associate

Patricia Desentis

Investor Relations

Damaris Mendoza

Investor Relations Analyst

Mauricio Gudiño

Content Producer

500 MENA

Saudi Arabia

Portfolio Manager

Ahmed Eid

General Partner

Venture Partner

Group CEO of SHUAA Capital

Jassim Alseddiqi

Daifullah Alrajhi

500 Southeast Asia

Associate,Capital Formation

Executive Assistant

Manager,Business Administration

Executive Assistant

Vikneshwaran Ganesan

Manager,Strategic Development

Analyst,Strategic Development

Arief bin Johan Alimin

Associate,Strategic Operations

Strategic Development Analyst

Rachel Teow Hui Jeng

Strategic Development Analyst

500 Thailand

Thailand

General Partner

Krating Poonpol

Thailand

General Partner

Moo Natavudh Pungcharoenpong

Mameaw Sapprasert

Thailand

Senior Investment Manager

Pat Naranpat Thitipattakul

500 Korea

Director of Investor Relations

Program Manager

500 Japan

Legal Operations Associate

500 Vietnam

General Partner

General Partner

Portfolio Manager

Adrian Latortue

500 Taiwan

Taiwan

Chief of Staff

Grace Tsou

Global Program Manager

Taiwan

Intern

Amber Lin

Director, Taiwan

Disclaimer

Note that this is not a complete list of staff. The title “Partner” is used in accordance with customary business practice in the venture capital industry and does not indicate a legal status as a “partner” in a partnership.