Marsha D. Wulff, founder & principal of Wulff Capital, is a venture investor, focusing on medical technology innovations, with a special emphasis on projects that enhance economic development in South Africa. Ms Wulff has over twenty years of experience in investment analysis and portfolio management.

Prior roles include that of independent entrepreneur (1970’s), VP of Investments with Dean Witter (1980’s) and Director of Corporate Communications at Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD:NYSE) (1990’s), which went public in 1993. The latter involved managing rapid growth, employee relations, public relations, strategic reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions and taking the company public. She served as Finance Chair and Board Vice Chair of Memorial Hospital and Medical Centers ( Midland, Texas), (1990-1997), where she had budget and CAPEX expenditure responsibilities for $200 million/yr in revenues. She served as a Director for the Private Industry Council in California (1985-86), and taught investment strategies at College of the Redwoods (1984-85).

Ms Wulff has lived and worked internationally in Taiwan, Germany, Australia, Argentina and South Africa, developing a comfort level with cross-cultural business and a preference for assisting enterprise development in emerging economies.

Active in South Africa since 1997 and inspired by World Bank Managing Director Dr Mamphela Ramphele, Ms. Wulff has built a strong network of deal-flow sources and venture associates who mentor and monitor entrepreneurs. These include law firms, enterprise assistance centers, business incubators and graduate schools of business. She spoke at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002 and co-founded the South Africa Business Club in 2003.

Ms. Wulff earned her Executive MBA in 2001 from Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.