Sharron L. McPherson is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Resilience Technologies Inc. (RTI), where she is pioneering the emerging field of Decision Infrastructure™ which helps governments, investors, financial institutions and infrastructure leaders make better decisions in an age of increasing uncertainty. She is the creator of the Resilience Method™ and R Score™, innovative frameworks that integrate resilience, finance, technology and systems thinking to improve investment outcomes and strengthen long-term economic performance.
An attorney, financier, educator and internationally recognized thought leader, Sharron has spent more than three decades working at the intersection of infrastructure finance, law, artificial intelligence, public policy and sustainable development. Her career has included senior leadership roles across banking, investment management, project finance and international development, advising public and private sector leaders on complex investment, infrastructure and institutional transformation initiatives.
She is the author of From Risk to Resilience: Why Risk Models Fail and Why Resilience Is a Smarter Investment in an Age of Uncertainty (Palgrave Macmillan / Springer Nature), which argues that the world’s greatest challenge is no longer simply managing risk, but improving the quality of decisions made under conditions of uncertainty. Her work explores how resilience can become a measurable investment discipline and how better decision architectures can unlock more sustainable, equitable and durable outcomes.
As Chair of the Board of Shared Interest, Sharron is helping guide the organization’s evolution from a pioneering guarantee provider into a broader platform that mobilizes catalytic capital, strengthens financial ecosystems and expands economic opportunity across Southern Africa. Working with management and the Board, she is helping shape Shared Interest’s next chapter by exploring new partnerships, innovative capital structures, technical assistance, institutional capacity building and approaches that enable financial institutions and entrepreneurs to grow beyond dependence on guarantees toward long-term financial resilience.
Sharron is a Senior Fellow in Loomis Innovation at the Henry L. Stimson Center, a faculty member at Singularity University, and has taught Project Finance and Infrastructure Investment at the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business for more than fifteen years. She serves on a number of international advisory boards and is widely recognized for her ability to connect finance, technology, public policy and human decision-making to address some of the world’s most complex development challenges.
A graduate of William & Mary Law School, Sharron believes that capital achieves its greatest impact when it is informed by better decisions, stronger institutions and a long-term commitment to resilience, opportunity and shared prosperity.
