# Eileen Burbidge

eileen burbidge MBE (born 1971) is an American venture capitalist resident in London and a founding partner of Passion Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm that has invested in the likes of Monzo, Go Cardless and Lulu, a private social network for single women. In July 2015 she was appointed as the British Treasury's "special envoy" for fintech.In the 2015 New Year Honours for services to entrepreneurship, Burbidge was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire.In November 2018, Burbidge was named to the Financial Times' list of the 'Top 100 minority ethnic leaders in technology' and made a Non-Executive Director of Dixons CarphoneBurbidge previously worked in marketing roles at Apple and Sun Microsystems. In 2004 she moved from the United States to London to pursue a career with Skype.