Mr. Harry Turner, MBA, Bachelor of Science (Computer Science)
Non-Executive Director | Sydney
Harry Turner is a Partner and co-founder of the Talanton Impact Fund, an Impact Investment Fund focused on job creation through investing in small and medium enterprises in Sub Saharan Africa.
Harry has had a 30-year career leading cross-cultural teams primarily in Australia, Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, with experience leading global teams for large commercial companies (Macquarie Bank and Andersen Consulting) and for global social impact organisations (Opportunity International, OikoCredit and now Talanton).
For 4 years from 2011 to 2015 Harry served as COO and CEO of Opportunity International’s Banking Group where he was responsible for the operations of Opportunity’s 12 majority owned retail banks and finance companies across Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Under Harry’s leadership, Opportunity International developed a strategy focused on improving operating performance, ensuring mission focus and growing the customer base. He is on the Board of Opportunity’s $50M Microfinance Investment Fund in India – Dia Vikas.
Harry is very excited about bringing these skills and experiences to businesses and communities closer to home.
He has an MBA (with distinction) from the University of Oxford and a BS in Computer Science (Honors 1st class) from the University of NSW, Australia.
