Zohar Atkins (New Jersey & Balliol 2010) is the founder and president of Lightning, an AI-native learning platform for the intellectually curious. Zohar is also the founder and director of Etz Hasadeh, a Center for Existential Torah. In 2016, The Jewish Week named him one of the “36 under 36 Changemakers in Jewish Life.”  The winner of a 2018 Eric Gregory Award for Poetry, Zohar is the author of Unframing Existence and Nineveh. 

Andrew Barnes (Queensland & Exeter 2014) is the co-founder and former CEO of Go1, a leading platform in corporate and adult learning. Since its inception in 2015, Go1 has reached 50 million learners, covering topics from compliance training to upskilling. In addition to Go1, Andrew has invested in and helped advise a number of other startups and social enterprises largely focused on education and health. 

Dr Thomas Brennan (Diocesan College, Rondebosch & Keble 2004) is the co-founder and CEO of Franc, South Africa's #1 digital wealth advisor. Previously, Thomas was the R&D Manager at Discovery Limited, leading product development. 

Billy Byiringiro (Rwanda & Trinity 2021) is a founding AI engineer at Assuric, a company that provides an AI-powered platform for digital health compliance. Previously, he was the interim CTO at Moonah Technologies. He has conducted research in machine learning, delving into reinforcement learning, graph theories, and neuroscience-inspired architectures.

Daniel D’Hotman (Australia-at-Large & Brasenose 2019) was recently the COO and Chief of Staff at Convergence, a venture-backed AI company acquired by Salesforce. Earlier in his career, he launched and scaled ventures across technology, healthcare, and biodiversity, and later advised governments and corporates at McKinsey in biopharma, banking, energy, mining, insurance, and aged care.

Dr Kumeren Govender (KwaZulu-Natal & Balliol 2018) is a biotech entrepreneur and physician-scientist focused on health innovation and strategy. He co-founded a Y-Combinator-backed precision medicine start-up, served as Chief Scientific Officer (Pathogens Programme) at the Ellison Institute of Technology, and is a Fellow of the International Strategy Forum. He advises on medical AI and biosecurity for organisations including OpenAI and the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.

Bruns H. Grayson (California & University 1974) was the Managing Partner at ABS Ventures for forty years beginning in 1983. He invested mainly in data communication and software businesses and served on many private and public company boards. For the last decade Bruns has remained an active investor in public and private companies with personal and family capital. He began his business career at McKinsey and Co and later joined Adler & Co, a venture firm in New York. Before college he served in the US Army in Vietnam, separating as a captain in 1970. 

Greg Gunn (Connecticut & Oriel 1992) co-founded Lingo Ventures, where he makes early-stage investments in education and workforce technologies. He also co-founded Wireless Generation (now Amplify), an educational software company that serves millions of students annually with innovative assessment and instruction products.

Max Han (Malaysia & St John's 2024) is the co-founder of Youths United for Earth, an award-winning grassroots nonprofit mobilising youth for environmental action through storytelling, campaigns, and advocacy, with a monthly reach of 50,000 people. For the past five years, Max Han has worked with public and private stakeholders, including the UN, EU, Malaysia’s Central Bank, and now advises Malaysia’s Environmental Ministry. He also drafted Southeast Asia’s first Environmental Rights Declaration under ASEAN together with UN bodies, diplomats, and vulnerable communities. Internationally, Max Han has advocated for climate justice at global forums including the UN negotiations, Stanford, and Princeton University. His work has been recognised by the UN Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane Goodall, the Princess Diana Award, Tatler, and the North American Association for Environmental Education. He is also a National Geographic Explorer and the first Southeast Asian to be named a Future Nobel Laureate Scholar.

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Brett Huneycutt (Arizona & New College 2004) is the Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Wealthsimple, one of Canada’s fastest-growing and most trusted financial services companies. Wealthsimple launched in September 2014 as an automated investment manager and now offers a full suite of simple, sophisticated financial products across managed investing, do-it-yourself trading, mortgages, tax filing, spending and saving. Wealthsimple serves more than 3 million Canadians and manages over $80+ billion in assets.

Previously, Brett co-founded the Y Combinator startup 1000memories, which was acquired by Ancestry.com in 2012. He began his career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York and Mexico City.

Second Century Founder of the Rhodes Trust and awarded the Oxford Sheldon Medal in 2017. Education: McGill University; Wadham College, Oxford; Harvard Business School. Founder, President and CEO, Trader Classified Media, 1987-2006. Chairman, European Climate Foundation, since 2008. Land and sea commercial pilot. Served as a Trustee since June 2010, and as Emeritus Trustee since 2018. 

Born in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, Tom McMillen (Maryland & University 1974) became a teenage and college basketball star, going to the Olympics and playing professionally in Italy while he was also studying at Oxford. He continued his career in professional American basketball and then went on to be elected to the US House of Representatives, representing Maryland’s 4th district from 1987 to 1993 before being appointed co-chair of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness. Tom was recently CEO of LEAD1 Association which represented the largest college athletic programs. He has also founded several publicly traded companies. He is active on several boards across areas including broadcasting, government contracting and animal rights, McMillen also mentors young students, including those interested in and taking up the Rhodes Scholarship. 

Joyce Meng (Virginia & Balliol 2008) is the founder of FACT Capital, a global concentrated investment fund. Joyce is also the co-founder and CEO of Givology, an online P2P giving marketplace that connects donors to high-impact grassroots education projects and student scholarships in the developing world.

Sue Meng (New York & Lincoln 2003) is Managing Director and General Counsel of Duquesne Family Office, LLC, the investment firm of Stanley Druckenmiller. Sue leads Duquesne’s private investments across a wide range of industries. Previously, Sue Meng was a corporate partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.   

Rachael Merritt (Michigan & Exeter 2022) is a co-founder and CEO of Ruddr.ai, a technology company transforming professional events through agentic networking and AI-powered attendee optimization. Prior to Ruddr, she earned two degrees from Oxford with a research backgrounds in computer-human interaction, design, and AI policy. 

Dr. Errol Norwitz (South Africa-at-Large & University 1988) is currently Co-Founder and Chief Innovation & Impact Officer at CognitiveCare, Inc., where he drives strategic initiatives aimed at improving health outcomes and financial performance through innovative AI-driven solutions, with particular focus on maternal-child health. Dr. Norwitz has also held numerous executive leadership roles at Harvard, Yale, and Tufts Schools of Medicine. Most recently, he was President & CEO of Newton-Wellesley Hospital, a top-ranked community-based academic medical center within the Mass General Brigham Healthcare network in Eastern Massachusetts. 

Dr. Randall Pinkett (New Jersey & Keble 1994) has established himself as an entrepreneur, technologist, speaker, author, medial personality, and advocate for justice. He was the founder of four previously successful companies and is currently the Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of his fifth venture, BCT Partners. Dr. Pinkett was also the first and only African American to win the top honor on the hit reality television show, The Apprentice. 

Friederike (“Fritzi”) Reuter (Germany & Lincoln 2015) is a partner at General Catalyst, a global investment and transformation company. At General Catalyst, she drives the Applied AI thesis in Europe, with a focus on seed investing. Prior to joining General Catalyst, Fritzi was a startup operator and angel investor. As an angel investor, she backed technology companies in Europe and the United States, including several founded by Rhodes Scholars.

Luca Springer (Germany & St Antony's 2016) is the co-founder and CEO of Cleancard, a YC-backed and VC funded startup, innovating at the intersection of synthetic biology and artificial intelligence to make cancer detection as easy as a pregnancy test. Luca is an expert in network science, modelling complex systems, and has a strong policy background with a focus on healthcare systems. Luca previously worked at Stockdale Street, where he gathered years of experience analyzing, investing in, and helping grow healthcare, consumer, and technology companies. He holds an MSc in Computer Science and an MSc in Global Governance from the University of Oxford where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He also is a Fellow at Schmidt Future’s International Strategy Forum.

Sarah Tress (Massachusetts & Trinity 2019) is the Founder and Executive Director of Loop Cushion, a nonprofit organization creating a low-cost inflatable wheelchair seat cushion similar to the best cushions available on the market. Loop is trying to make high quality seat cushions available to all wheelchair users in developing countries. Sarah is also a Product Designer at Skylight, a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services.

Vits Voronkov (Namibia & Linacre 2009) is the co-founder and CEO of Maliwa Pay, where he is working on building a stablecoin-based B2B payments platform for emerging markets. Vits is also the founder and CEO of Anisim Ventures, investing in and advising tech ventures and projects including Web3, fintech, and edtech. Vits was previously Cofounder and President of Valeon, an edtech platform, which he scaled and exited after growing it to a team of ~300 people, and having raised funding from top investors such as Global Chairmen of McKinsey and Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Vits also previously served as a senior executive at two listed fintechs, Coinbase and Wise, and started his career at Goldman Sachs. 

Laura Wegner (Germany & Keble 2025) is the co-founder and CEO of Mii, a digital healthcare passport that empowers patients to manage and access their health records anywhere in the world. Among many recognitions, Mii has earned the prestigious title of "Best Social Impact Startup" and the “People’s Choice Award” at the University of Sydney Innovation Awards in 2023. Beyond Mii, Laura has worked on and founded multiple ventures in EdTech and Web3, and she has been recognized among Harvard’s Top Ten Seniors in Innovation for her entrepreneurial impact across technology and healthcare.

Edward Yee (Singapore & St Catherine's 2019) is the Head of Strategic Projects at FAR.AI. Edward is a serial social entrepreneur whose career uniquely bridges impact, finance, and tech. His ventures have received funding from leaders like Sequoia Capital, the UNDP, Y Combinator, and SV Angel. His contributions have earned him recognition as an Obama Leader, the Commonwealth Youth Award for Asia, and a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.