Tilman is a co-founder and managing partner of Flourish Ventures, an early-stage global venture capital firm that invests in mission-driven entrepreneurs and industry influencers building a fair financial system. He believes that luck favors the prepared, and he thrives where stellar entrepreneurs, technology-led business model innovation, and untapped market opportunity meet. Tilman co-manages Flourish and partners with purpose-driven founders worldwide, backing actionable ideas that help people improve their economic prospects and financial lives. He serves on the boards of several portfolio organizations and as chair of the Advisory Council to the U.N. Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance.
Before Flourish, Tilman was a partner at Omidyar Network, where he built the global financial inclusion team. Prior to that, he spent five years as CEO of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), a global partnership to advance financial inclusion. Earlier, as a partner at McKinsey & Company, he helped build the firm’s global financial services and healthcare practices and worked for more than a decade with leading businesses across North America and India.
Tilman began his career as a journalist in Germany before earning a PhD in Economics from the European University Institute in Italy and joining the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C.