A graduate of Yale (Bachelor of Arts), Harvard (Master in Public Policy), and 2023 Impact Leader In Residence at Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative focused on global water accessibility, sustainable investing, clean energy, and resilient infrastructure, Monty has spent the past several decades at the nexus of impact investing, catalytic philanthropy, and innovative social finance to build and scale high-growth, purpose-driven commercial and philanthropic initiatives that serve millions of at-risk Afghans, and activate sustainable aquaculture and fisheries that improve the lives of millions of women, men and youth in the Global South.  

He worked at UNDP in Kenya early in his professional career, and previously served as Vice President, Business Development and International Investments for the Bayat Group, a frontier-market focused family office, leading investments in emerging markets in Africa, Middle East, and Asia.