Leslie Arathoon
Leslie is a consultant with more than 20 years of experience working on digital transformation trends in emerging markets, with a specific focus on Latin America and Africa. She specializes in market opportunity assessment, market sizing and segmentation analysis, competitive analysis, and market entry strategy. She works with various industry players including telcos, infrastructure suppliers, financial institutions, content providers, multilateral organizations, among others. Over the last three years, Leslie has supported the GSMA AgriTech team on several digital agriculture engagements focused on identifying emerging opportunities for agritech innovations in LMICs. Before becoming an independent consultant, Leslie spent 20 years at Pyramid Research (now GlobalData) where she led the emerging markets research and forecasting teams. Leslie holds a BA in Latin American studies from Dartmouth College.