Jean-Louis is the co-founder and CEO of Future. Future offers the FutureCard Visa Debit Card, featuring market-leading 5% cashback for rides, bills and everyday savings.
Jean-Louis brings his experience as an entrepreneur to Future. As the Managing Director of the BlackIvy Group, he was responsible for the company’s growth strategy and development of new businesses. BlackIvy delivers life’s essentials to consumers in emerging markets across East and West Africa in health, food, housing and logistics. Prior to BlackIvy, he advised governments and global financial institutions on a range of economic issues.
While still in high school, he built one of Europe’s largest and most enduring social movements. A trained economist, Jean-Louis has written on market inefficiencies for the Financial Times, New York Times, and Harvard Business Review, including ‘Now is the Time to Invest in Africa’, co-written with Sir Paul Collier. He received his MSc from Oxford University, where he was awarded the George Webb Medley Prize in Economics.