Ep. 142 – SunCulture COO, Jonathan Saunders

Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief with Cameron Herold

Second in Command with Cameron Herold

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Management, Business

4.9 • 225 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Sometimes, a good-paying job just does not provide a life that is fulfilling and filled with purpose. Jonathan SaundersÂ is well-familiar with this, having left Wall Street and the world of investment banking in exchange for a company that serves his community. Now, he is the COO for SunCulture, an innovative Africa-based Agritech company that […]

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Second in Command Podcast, produced by the COO Alliance and brought to
0:11.7	you by its founder, Cameron Herald.
0:14.2	In the second-in-command podcast,
0:16.1	we talked to top COOs who share the insights,
0:18.9	strategies and tactics that made them the chief behind the chief.
0:23.5	And now here's your host, Cameron Herald.
0:30.8	Our guest today is Jonathan Saunders, who is the C.O. for Sun Culture, an innovative
0:35.3	Africa-based agri-tech company. Sun Culture develops and commercializes life-changing
0:40.1	technology to solve the biggest daily challenges of the world's 570 million small holder farming households.
0:47.0	Jonathan has a track record in building infrastructure for growth stage organizations that leads to institutional and government investments.
0:55.2	As SunCulture's first director of finance and operations and now C.O.
0:59.2	Jonathan has established the human resources finance and accounting, sales, supply chain, and IT infrastructure areas.
1:05.6	His passion for creating social impact through operational excellence led him from a five-year
1:09.8	career in private banking at J.P. Morgan to nearly 10 years in social impact
1:13.9	investing and operational leadership in Africa startups. Over his career he's
1:18.0	worked for clients and organizations in Central America, Africa, and North America.
1:21.9	Jonathan earned an MBA from Columbia University and a BA in
1:25.3	finance from Fordham University. In the streettime, John enjoys playing
1:28.9	competitive hockey and currently plays for the Nairobi Ice Lions after playing Division 1 in
1:33.6	college. He's a New Jersey native and currently based in Nairobi and London.
1:37.5	So John, welcome to the Second Command Podcast.
1:39.7	Oh, excellent. Thank you for having me.
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