Jon Saunders is Chief Operations Officer of SunCulture, an innovative Africa-based agritech company. SunCulture develops and commercializes life-changing technology to solve the biggest daily challenges of the world's 570M smallholder farming households. Jon has a track-record in building infrastructure for growth stage organizations that leads to institutional and governmental investments. As SunCulture’s first Director of Finance & Operations, and now COO, he established the human resources, finance and accounting, sales, supply chain, and IT infrastructure that have garnered investment from international investors, significant sales growth, and tripled headcount. Jon’s passion for creating social impact through operational excellence led him from a five-year career in private banking at J.P. Morgan to nearly ten years in social impact investing and operational leadership in African start-ups. Over his career he has worked for clients and organizations in Central America, Africa, and North America. Jon earned an M.B.A. from Columbia University and B.A. in Finance from Fordham University. In his free time, Jon enjoys playing competitive hockey and currently plays for the Nairobi Ice Lions, after playing Division I in college. He is a New Jersey-native, and currently based between Nairobi and London.