Raising Leaders, Transforming Africa

Transformative Leadership: Meet the Visionary Team Behind Our Success

Learn more about the LEAP Institute and the team behind it.

Meet our Board of Directors

Mrs. Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (MFR)

Founder, LEAP Africa / Co-founder, AACE Foods / Director, Sahel Capital

Larry E. Ettah

Executive Chairman of BARRACUDA Capital Partners Limited.

Mrs. Clare Omatseye

Managing Director, JNC International Nigeria Ltd | Board Chair, LEAP Africa.

Micheline Ntiru

Business Advisor, Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economics (Stanford Seed )

Mrs. Uche Pedro

Founder, Bellanaija

Amal Hassan

CEO, Outsource Global

Mr. Chike Maduegbuna

CEO, Afrinolly Limited

Adesola Sotande-Peters

Finance Executive

David Lanre Messan

President, LAAN

Tola Adeyemi

Partner, KPMG

Joe Abah

Country Director DAI

Abasiama Idaresit

CEO, Wild Fusion

Sadiq Usman

Head of Strategy at Flour Mills Nigeria

Waziri Adi

Former Executive Secretary NEITI

Our Special Projects Committee

Ms. Uche Pedro

Board Member & SPC Chair

Mr. Kennedy Ekezie

Founder & CEO at Kippa

Mr. Derick Omari

Co-founder, Tech Era

Ms. Bolanle Williams-Olley

CFO, Mancini Duffy

Mr. Papa Omotayo

Founder, A Whitespace Creative Agency

Ms. Amin Ameen

Senior Product Marketing Manager, Twitter

Dr. Peter Bamkole

Director at Enterprise Development Centre Pan-Atlantic University

Mr. Seun Sule

Executive Vice Chairman, StratonGate Ltd

Ms. Morenike Molehin

CEO & Creative Director, Oak and Teak

Mr. Joel Ogunsola

Founder, Tech4Dev

Ms. Colette Otusheso

CEO, Accelerate TV