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Event Speakers
By attending ASIS, you get the opportunity to learn from the best professionals across various fields, who share unique insights from their work, driving development across Africa to help you gain new knowledge and fresh perspectives to better contribute to Africa’s transformation.
Aakif Merchant
Convergence
Aakif Merchant Director & Head of Africa, Convergence
Profile will be updated shortly.
Abubakar Suleiman
Sterling Bank Limited
Abubakar Suleiman MD & CEO, Sterling Bank Limited
Profile will be updated shortly.
Amina J. Mohammed
United Nations
Amina J. Mohammed Deputy Secretary-General, Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG), United Nations
Ms. Amina J. Mohammed is the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group.
Prior to her appointment, Ms. Mohammed served as Minister of Environment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, where she steered the country’s efforts on climate action and efforts to protect the natural environment.
Ms. Mohammed first joined the United Nations in 2012 as Special Adviser to former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with the responsibility for post-2015 development planning. She led the process that resulted in global agreement around the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the creation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Ms. Mohammed began her career working on the design of schools and clinics in Nigeria. She served as an advocate focused on increasing access to education and other social services before moving into the public sector, where she rose to the position of adviser to four successive Presidents on poverty, public sector reform, and sustainable development.
Ms. Mohammed has been conferred several honorary doctorates and has served as an adjunct professor, lecturing on international development. The recipient of various global awards, Ms. Mohammed has served on numerous international advisory boards and panels. She is the mother of six children and has four grandchildren.
Henrietta Bankole-Olushina
Rockerfeller Philanthropy Advisors
Henrietta Bankole-Olushina Vice President, Africa, Rockerfeller Philanthropy Advisors
Henrietta Bankole-Olusina is Vice President, Africa at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
(RPA). She leads RPA’s Africa practice, supporting donors – individuals, corporations, and
foundations – with advisory, fiscal hosting, and thought leadership services to advance just and
equitable development, in fulfillment of RPA’s mission in Africa, through philanthropy,
grantmaking, and social impact investing.
Previously, she served as Nigeria Program Director on a sponsored project at RPA, working
with government and industry stakeholders on financial inclusion reforms. Henrietta was
formerly Managing Director of ARM Financial Advisers and was also Head of Group Corporate
Transformation and executive responsible for IT and Customer Service at the ARM Group. At
Accenture Nigeria, she led Management Consulting for Financial Services and headed the
Payments and Mobility as well as Finance and Performance Management service lines. She has
served as the Chairperson of the Financial Inclusion Channels Working Group and member of
the National Financial Inclusion Technical Committee for the implementation of Nigeria’s
Financial Inclusion strategy collaborating with industry stakeholders. She also served on the
Board of Advisors for ARM Digital Financial Services (DFS). She serves as the Co-Chair of the
Board of Living Goods, and she is also the Chair, Africa Board of Equality Now. She is a
certified trainer, Change Management and Balanced Scorecard professional.
She holds an MBA in Corporate Strategy and Economic Policy from the Maastricht School of
Management, Maastricht University, The Netherlands, and a degree in Biological Sciences from
the University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Mories Atoki
African Business Coalition for Health (ABC Health)
Mories Atoki CEO, African Business Coalition for Health (ABC Health)
Dr. Mories Atoki (Hon) is the Chief Executive Officer for the African Business Coalition for Health (ABCHealth), a social equity organization focused on mobilizing private sector resources to improve health outcomes across Africa.
Mories’ career spans various industries and fields in both the private and public sectors, where she has established herself as a skilled business strategist and an expert in organizational strategy.
With degrees in Law and Business Administration, Mories has led initiatives associated with project management in various institutions including PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young. She currently seats on the Boards of Partners for Review (P4R) A UN supported initiative for Sustainable Development reporting and on the Board of Association of Sustainability Professionals in Nigeria
(ASPN).
She seats on several Boards such as the Board of the Sustainability Professionals Institute of Nigeria (SPIN) and the UN-German Partners for Review (P4R) on the SDGs. She is a fellowship member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), American Society of International Lawyers (ASIL), as well as Informal Sustainability Groups.
Mories is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School (HBS) as well as the London School of Business & Finance (LSBF).
Mories is passionate about youth empowerment, career talk, sustainable development, and service delivery. Mories is an avid reader and a leadership coach.
Nicole Campbell
Rockerfeller Philanthropy Advisors
Nicole Campbell Co-CEO and Co-President, Rockerfeller Philanthropy Advisors
A. Nicole Campbell specializes in leading to create peace of mind. With a robust track record providing strategic legal, governance, and operational guidance as a senior advisor for some of the world’s most prominent philanthropists, Nic is a seasoned speaker and trainer of senior management teams and board members in nearly every region of the world in grant-making, governance, and organizational design.
With more than two decades of experience in the public and private sectors, Nic has deep expertise in designing and building nonprofit organizations from concept phase to full independence and designing innovative organizational, grant-making, and governance structures. For her entire career, she has been a sought-after strategist and thought partner to philanthropists, philanthropies, collaboratives, grassroots movements, and nonprofit organizations in the United States, the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, and around the world.
Nic is the Co-CEO and President of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), a global nonprofit organization that remains at the forefront of philanthropic growth and innovation. RPA manages more than $550 million annually in grants and programs globally and aims to accelerate philanthropy in pursuit of a just world.
Nic is also the founder of the Build Up Companies, a federated group of companies comprised of Build Up Advisory Group, an advisory firm; The Campbell Law Firm, a social-impact law firm; and Build Up, Inc., a nonprofit capacity builder, and focused on partnering with brave grant makers to transform outcomes for vulnerable and historically marginalized communities around the globe.
Prior to founding the Build Up Companies and to joining RPA, Nic was Senior Director of Operations and Foundation Counsel for Dalio Philanthropies, Ray Dalio’s global, multi-million dollar family philanthropy; Deputy General Counsel and Secretary for the Open Society Foundations, George Soros’s global, multi-billion dollar philanthropic network; and Associate General Counsel for the New York Community Trust, a multi-billion dollar community foundation. Prior to her in-house roles, Nic was a tax associate attorney in private practice, working with both nonprofit and for-profit clients.
Nic received her B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law, and her LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law. She earned her Certification in Executive Leadership from INSEAD.
Nwamaka Onyemelukwe
Public Affairs, Sustainability & Communications, Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited
Nwamaka Onyemelukwe Senior Director, Public Affairs, Sustainability & Communications, Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited
Profile will be updated shortly.
Odunayo Sanya
MTN Foundation
Odunayo Sanya Executive Secretary, MTN Foundation
Profile will be updated shortly.
Olapeju Ibekwe
Sterling One Foundation
Olapeju Ibekwe CEO, Sterling One Foundation
Profile will be updated shortly.
Yahaya Maikori
Esports Federation of Nigeria (EFN)
Yahaya Maikori President, Esports Federation of Nigeria (EFN)
Yahaya Adamu Maikori is an entertainment attorney and executive with diverse interests in gaming, sports, and media. He is the Founder of Law Allianz, a pioneering firm in entertainment, media & the creative sector.
He is a renowned thought leader and sought-after consultant in the converged space of gaming sports, media & technology. Currently serving as Africa Legal Adviser for iGaming business he has presented several papers at industry conferences, works with some of Europe’s leading sports/gaming brands exploring opportunities in Africa, and advises industry regulators across several jurisdictions. He has been featured several times and his articles/interviews have been published in Casino review, i-Gaming times, i-gaming business, America gaming lawyer and Sigma magazines etc.
He is currently the president of Esports Federation of Nigeria, Vice Chairman of Sport Nigeria (a private sector sports infrastructure intervention organization) and also the executive producer of the soon – to – be released documentary “Wheyham: investigating Africa’s oldest civilisation”.
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