Featuring Colin Coleman.Our meeting guest, Colin Coleman, is a Senior Fellow at the Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. He has a 25 year history in banking prior to the Jackson Institute, before which he was involved in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement.
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About Colin Coleman
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olin Coleman joined the Jackson Institute as a Senior Fellow in January 2020. Coleman is the former chief executive officer of Sub-Saharan Africa for Goldman Sachs, and former head of the firm’s Johannesburg office.
Coleman departed Goldman Sachs following a two-decade career at the investment bank and financial services firm and 25 years in banking. He was named a partner of Goldman Sachs in 2010. He is a widely regarded expert on the economic development challenges and opportunities across the African continent. Coleman has deep business and political relationships in Africa, and a rich track record and history of deal-making on the continent.
Prior to his career in banking, Coleman was involved in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement during the 1980’s and later its constitutional transition. From 1989 to 1994, Colin was an executive director for the Consultative Business Movement (CBM), where he served in working groups of the multi-party talks, facilitated the International Mediation Forum, and helped to negotiate the agreement to facilitate all parties’ participation in South Africa’s 1994 elections.
In 2013, Coleman authored “Two Decades of Freedom” a Goldman Sachs report on South Africa’s progress since 1994. He has been a member of the boards of Business Leadership South Africa, The National Business Initiative and he is currently Co-Chairman of the Youth Employment Service (“YES”), a public private partnership which aims to place one million young South Africans as interns in South African businesses.
Colin holds a BA in architecture from the University of Witwatersrand.
olin Coleman joined the Jackson Institute as a Senior Fellow in January 2020. Coleman is the former chief executive officer of Sub-Saharan Africa for Goldman Sachs, and former head of the firm’s Johannesburg office.Coleman departed Goldman Sachs following a two-decade career at the investment bank and financial services firm and 25 years in banking. He was named a partner of Goldman Sachs in 2010. He is a widely regarded expert on the economic development challenges and opportunities across the African continent. Coleman has deep business and political relationships in Africa, and a rich track record and history of deal-making on the continent.
Prior to his career in banking, Coleman was involved in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement during the 1980’s and later its constitutional transition. From 1989 to 1994, Colin was an executive director for the Consultative Business Movement (CBM), where he served in working groups of the multi-party talks, facilitated the International Mediation Forum, and helped to negotiate the agreement to facilitate all parties’ participation in South Africa’s 1994 elections.
In 2013, Coleman authored “Two Decades of Freedom” a Goldman Sachs report on South Africa’s progress since 1994. He has been a member of the boards of Business Leadership South Africa, The National Business Initiative and he is currently Co-Chairman of the Youth Employment Service (“YES”), a public private partnership which aims to place one million young South Africans as interns in South African businesses.
Colin holds a BA in architecture from the University of Witwatersrand.
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The Jackson Institute for Global Affairs offers interdisciplinary academic programs that inspire and prepare Yale students for global leadership and service.