Eileen Burbidge, MBE, is an American venture capitalist resident in London and a founding partner of Passion Capital. In July 2015 she was appointed as the British Treasury's "special envoy" for fintech. in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to entrepreneurship, Burbidge was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire. Eileen previously worked in marketing roles at Apple and Sun Microsystems. In 2004 she moved from the United States to London to pursue a career with Skype. After working at Skype, Burbidge launched Passion Capital, one of London's top venture capital firms.