Ellen Jewett

Examiner
DISC Type : cs

Member Board Of Directors at Booz Allen Hamilton

New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Overview

Ellen Jewett is a finance and corporate governance expert, serving on the boards of Booz Allen Hamilton and JetBlue Airways. As the founder of Canoe Point Capital, she focuses on early-stage social ventures. Her extensive career includes over 20 years at Goldman Sachs specializing in infrastructure financing and degrees from Yale and UCL.

She is deeply committed to philanthropy and education, serving as a trustee for Childrens Aid in NYC and as trustee emerita for The Brearley School and Wesleyan University. Her investment firm, Canoe Point Capital, specifically supports entrepreneurs, with a special focus on women, who are building companies with a social purpose.

Unique fact: Her MSc from University College London was in Psychoanalytic Theory, showcasing a distinct intellectual interest alongside her finance career.

Personality Overview

Process Oriented

Unexpressive

Overcautious

Being observant comes to them naturally.  They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time. The only way to convince them is by showing them examples and ample proof.

Topics They Care About

Social Impact Investing
Founder and managing partner of Canoe Point Capital, an investment firm that provides early-stage financing to social ventures and entrepreneurs building companies with a social purpose.
Corporate Governance
Serves on the boards of Booz Allen Hamilton and JetBlue Airways, where she chairs the governance and nominating committee, indicating deep expertise in corporate oversight.
Women Entrepreneurs
Her investment firm, Canoe Point Capital, pays special focus to providing financing and strategic support to women entrepreneurs, reflecting a core professional and personal mission.

Media Appearances

Ellen has no verified media appearances

Work History

10-2018
Member Board Of Directors at Booz Allen Hamilton
3-2015
Managing Partner at Canoe Point Capital, LLC
Member Board of Directors at JetBlue Airways
7-2013 - 6-2018
President, Board of Trustees at The Brearley School
5-2010 - 3-2015
Managing Director at BMO Capital Markets

Education

2000 - 2003
M.Sc. from UCL
1984 - 1986
MPPM from Yale School of Management

More Information

Social Presence :

Prographics :

Exp : 15 Location : New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Job Level : N/A Designation : Member Board Of Directors at Booz Allen Hamilton
URL has been copied!

Insights For Selling To Ellen

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Spend time addressing concerns around risk and change, they will have them even if they don't express them
  • Ask them which other stakeholders would be important for this purchase decision
  • Expect them to be vague in response to your questions, ask firmly and pointedly

DONT's

  • Avoid getting into storytelling mode, especially when they ask specific questions
  • Don't rely on relationship building even if they act pleasantly
  • Don't use phrases like 'do not worry', 'i promise' etc.

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Ellen is

  • Low-risk, adoption by others are very important to them, followed by confidence in ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Ellen

  • They don’t say no often, they push out the decisions or keep going around in circles.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Ellen move?

  • They do not like to rush and therefore can be quite slow in their decision-making.
  • Can Ellen take some risk or not?

  • They have little risk-appetite and prefer to take measured decisions.

You And Ellen

Personality Compatibility


Other Booz Allen Hamilton Employees

Explore more public profiles from related professionals at the same organization.

More Profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Search more profiles

Looking for someone else? Search here for anyone.

Or visit Humantic AI to know more.