Award-Winning Writer.
Communications and Media Strategist.
Born and raised in New York, Meredith started her career at Time, Inc before leaving for South Africa, where she worked as an agricultural and financial reporter for Business Day in Johannesburg. True to her lifelong passion for conservation, Meredith soon began publishing feature stories about the intersection of business and the environment and, over the years, has become known for her in-depth knowledge of and reporting on issues associated with sustainable, equitable development.Her expertise covering business, combined with her extensive knowledge of political and regulatory environments across the African continent, eventually led to her appointment as Managing Director for Africa at Aldwych Capital Partners, Partner at Constant Ventures and Senior Advisor at 4Di Capital.An experienced communications and media strategist and widely published writer, Meredith has consulted to various entities – from investment banks and media companies to non-profits and development finance institutions – and has served as an Executive Director, Development Director and non-Executive Board Member to various cause-related organizations. In 2018, she launched Africa House, an innovative business development platform that functioned as a pop-up members club during UN General Assembly (2018), bringing together high-level policymakers, thought leaders, business executives, entrepreneurs, and creatives for a week of curated events focused on trade with and investment into sub-Saharan Africa.Meredith's work has been published in the Financial Times, The Telegraph, VOGUE, Porter, Stella, Horizon (with the Wall Street Journal), and SNOW (Editor-in-Chief from 2018/2019), among others. She has written for both documentary and feature films.