Fenton has spent the past two decades working around the world to improve health and education systems. He founded Acasus, a rapidly growing consultancy dedicated to improving education and health outcomes in the developing world, and which has demonstrated that rapid improvement in health outcomes is possible across a range of countries in Africa, South Asia and South America. Prior to Acasus, Fenton worked with McKinsey & Company in their public sector practice and as a software developer. He has a degree in Arabic from the University of Oxford, and is the author of a number of publications, including Lessons Learned: how good policies produce better schools.