Hansatu Adegbite, Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ)
Hansatu is a social sector professional and is currently the Executive Director of Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ) in Lagos. She is a graduate of Business Administration from the University of Abuja with an Action Learning Masters in Business Administration from Business School Netherlands. An alumnus of the Harvard Business School, Boston […]
Thao Hong, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Thao Hong is Program Officer leading country and donor alignment advocacy for the Financial Services for the Poor team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Thao previously held positions in commercial aircraft sales, brand marketing, and international strategy at Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Prior to joining the private sector, Thao was a Foreign Service Officer […]
Saudatu Mahdi, WRAPA
Saudatu is a 1978 graduate of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, and a postgraduate diploma from the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) graduating with distinction. She is the Secretary-General of the Women’s Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative, (WRAPA) a rights-based national non-profit advocating for equity and equality of opportunities for women and girls […]
Megan O’Donnell, Centre for Global Development (CGD)
Megan O’Donnell is the Assistant Director of the Centre for Global Development’s gender program and a senior policy analyst. She works on issues related to women’s economic empowerment and financial inclusion, gender data and measurement, and development effectiveness. Previously, Megan worked at the ONE Campaign and also coordinated CGD’s gender research programme. Megan has worked […]
Ann Katsiak, Nathan Associates
Ann Katsiak is the Vice President of the Economic Engagement and Private Sector Development at Nathan Associates, where she manages a portfolio of over US$55 million. She also serves as Chief of Party for the US-Support for Economic Growth in Asia (US-SEGA) project and works closely with a range of partners to develop policy programs […]