Leader of the Year (Sustainable Finance) – Washington, D.C. 2024
Tsolmon is an economist, investor and advisor with 15 years of leadership, management, advisory and investment experience across the U.S., Europe, Asia, Africa and MENA. Tsolmon is the founder and managing partner of Jade Ventures, a global advisory and investment firm working on sustainable solutions to world’s complex challenges such as gender equality, climate change, access to finance and healthcare. As a limited partner, she invested in Founder Institute’s sustainability portfolio and is an active investor in pre-seed startups in Europe and the U.S. Tsolmon serves on the advisory board of the North Female Founder Collective, Visa Foundation and Village Capital’s Greentech Europe Program and Ventures Thrive deep tech accelerator funded by the European Innovation Council. She sits on the board of EVE, AI enabled cleantech company, and serves as an advisor to many startups in the ecosystem. As a development economist, she managed north of $350 million U.S. government funded economic growth and investment projects supporting foreign direct investment, public finance, macroeconomic growth, job creation and small and medium enterprise revenue generation and global scale. Notably, she worked on the winning proposal team for President Obama’s $9 billion global supply chain project in 20+ countries, and later managed project activities in Africa. She has a Distinction from Oxford University for her MBA, and a dual Economics and International Relations degree from American University for her Bachelor’s. She also holds master’s certifications from Yale School of Management and The George Washington University School of Business.