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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.

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Dr. Omotenioye “Tenioye” Majekodunmi is a UK-trained environmental lawyer and climate finance specialist with over 2 decades of leadership across climate governance, carbon markets, renewable energy, and sustainable finance. She is the Director-General of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), under the Presidency, a role she assumed in August 2025. The NCCC, established under the Climate Change Act of 2021, is Nigeria’s highest statutory body on climate governance and is chaired by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In this capacity, she provides strategic leadership on national climate policy, climate finance frameworks, and international climate negotiations. She also leads Nigeria’s engagement as the country’s Designated National Authority (DNA) and focal point to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), ensuring alignment between national development priorities and global climate commitments.

A recognised figure in Nigeria’s climate sector, Tenioye previously served as Financial Adviser to the NCCC and has played a consistent role in shaping Nigeria’s climate positions over the years. Her contributions include input into the UNFCCC Copenhagen draft in 2009, as well as Nigeria’s First and Second National Communications. She is a member of the Africa Group of Negotiators (AGN) for COP29, contributing across the Finance, Loss & Damage, and Article 6 negotiation tracks.

Tenioye has held senior advisory and technical roles with several international and national institutions, including the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) under the Partnership for Agile Governance and Climate Engagement (PACE), the Nigerian Infrastructure Advisory Facility (NIAF), and the United Nations’ SheTrades programme. Through these roles, she has contributed to landmark climate change legislation at both state and national levels, designed innovative green and climate finance mechanisms, and advanced gender-inclusive climate and economic policies.

She holds an LLM from the University of Warwick, with specialisation in international corporate governance and carbon finance, and is a certified ESG expert. In recognition of her exceptional leadership in shaping national climate governance frameworks, strengthening institutional systems, and influencing public policy at the highest levels of government and international engagement, she was conferred an Honorary Doctorate in Public Policy (DPP), reflecting the strategic depth, policy influence, and national significance of her work.

She trained at the prestigious FRA Williams Chambers and previously served as Executive Director of ENSOL Environmental Solutions Ltd, where she established a government-recognised Centre of Excellence on Climate Change.

A member of the Nigerian Bar Association and the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Tenioye sits on several inter-ministerial committees, including those on Climate Change and Biofuels, and serves on multiple boards and technical working groups advancing climate policy, sustainable finance, and just transition pathways across Africa and globally. She is a strong advocate for equity, impact, and capacity building, and actively mentors young professionals in ESG and climate leadership in support of a low-carbon, climate-resilient future.

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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.

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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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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.

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.

Etemore is the CEO of The Impact Investors’ Foundation, a non-profit organisation founded in partnership with The Ford Foundation, Africa Capital Alliance, BusinessDay Media Limited, Bank of Industry and Dalberg Advisors. She was previously the pioneer Executive Secretary of The Knowledge Exchange Centre (KEC), a non-profit organization focused on bridging the skills gap for young unemployed graduates. While at KEC, Ms Glover was responsible for translating and implementing the five-year vision and strategic plan of the organization. She has worked on several youth development programmes with the government and has a wide range of experience in banking, research, monitoring and evaluation, project management, strategy and planning.

As the head of the Impact Investors’ Foundation, she is responsible for implementing its vision and strategies, and coordinating projects. In the last year, Maria established a task force consisting of private and public sector actors in Nigeria to set up a National Advisory Board (NAB) for Impact Investing, the highest national body responsible for promoting social investments in the country and building the market infrastructure. Etemore led the establishment of the Nigerian NAB, which will be under the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, the umbrella body with 33 NABs across 28 countries and regions. She also engages with development finance institutions (DFIs), bilateral and multilateral agencies, local and foreign investors to grow impact capital and investment in Nigeria.

She is problem-solver, learning and development strategist and trainer with extensive knowledge and experience in development and management of capacity building programmes for youths; programme evaluation; budget; fundraising strategies; leadership; NGO management and consultancy, research, finance and impact investing.

Etemore is also an MSME Consultant with over 10 years knowledge in setting up and running startups. She is an Associate Member of the Learning and Development Network International. Ms Glover holds a double honour in Economics and Education from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Leicester. After transiting to the nonprofit sector, she further obtained a Post-Graduate Certificate in NGO and Development Management from the University of East London, UK.

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Naomi Emeka-Nwokolo is the Executive Director of the UN Global Compact Network Nigeria, a country Network of the United Nations Global Compact- The world’s largest corporate citizen sustainability initiative. She is also the managing partner of AOP Legal practitioners- a commercial law firm located in Lagos Nigeria. She is the founder of the Women Rights Protection and Rehabilitation Centre, a nongovernmental organization with the mandate of promoting women’s right through the use of National, Regional and International legal instruments.

Before joining the Global Compact Naomi was a tenacious human rights lawyer with LEDAP Nigeria and The Nigerian Coalition for the International Criminal Court where she successfully litigated over the human rights of indigent persons in Nigeria, Labor rights of employees who were wrongfully terminated from work and victims of sexual and Gender Based Violence. Naomi is a passionate advocate for corporate sustainability and human rights.

She has an LLB degree from The Enugu State University and a Bachelor of Laws from the Nigerian Law School. She’s a certified sustainability expert from the University of Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership, United Kingdom.

Her interests are Human Rights, Sustainable Development, Corporate Sustainability, Inclusive Business, Gender and Nation Building.

Dele is an extensive business leader and manager with first rate and global executive education at Harvard Business School (General Management Program) & Lagos Business School (Advanced Mgt. Programme).

He has a background in Economics (1st & 2nd degrees) and an MBA in Finance, and has built competencies in helping corporates across all key sectors including Oil & Gas, Telecoms & Power, Transport, Agric, Manufacturing, etc meet all their banking and finance needs.

In his previous role as Divisional Head, Corporate Banking in one of Nigeria’s commercial banks, he had the responsibility for the Bank’s wholesale businesses in the Oil & Gas; Telecoms & Power; Real Estate & Construction; Agric. & Export Finance; and Manufacturing sectors. He provided strategic leadership to 6 teams of senior Sales, Credit and Relationship
Managers to develop and grow the Bank’s balance sheet footprints across services, manufacturing, infrastructure & development sectors with direct P&L responsibility.

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Obinna Ukachukwu is a business growth expert and thought leader, with keen interest in development finance and tech venture building. He has led significant strategic investments in tech businesses that aim to tackle problems in various impact areas, including health, education, energy, and entertainment.

He is an action-oriented business leader dedicated in achieving high quality and sustainable health system in sub-Saharan Africa through financing, defragmentation, tech innovations and to awaken the local capital in Sub-Saharan Africa, allowing the region to generate funding for its sustenance and become less dependent on external aid.

Obinna has successfully redefined what it means to finance the Education and Health sectors by developing and implementing viable business models that stimulate financing, an achievement that has triggered interest and active participation from notable players in the industry. Obinna’s invaluable contributions include motivating stakeholders to provide quality drugs at significantly lower prices in public hospitals and transforming the health care logistics framework to serve persons in remote areas.

He is currently championing a massive investment drive as he seeks to solve for Nigeria’s emergency care services, general capacity building in the health sector, and is working with key partners to actively reduce cost and increase accessibility of pharmaceuticals.

In addition to addressing education financing concerns with the development of 0% interest loans, Obinna is leading the transformation of Nigeria’s public higher education institutions into digital educational institutions that provide hybrid and specialized education, due to the support by private sector entities and impact institutions like the Sterling One Foundation, this transformation comes at no cost to the public institutions.

For almost 2 decades, Obinna has led in top organizations such as Sterling Bank Plc, Advans Micro Finance Network, Stanbic IBTC, Hygeia HMO and He sits on the board of several organizations. Obinna holds his background in Electrical Electronic Engineering, but veered into finance few years after graduation. He holds an MBA from The University of Manchester Business School, also a Fellow Chartered Institute of Management Accountant (FCMA UK) and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). He is blessed with a beautiful family and draws motivation from the fact that dreams and values are eternal even though life itself is finite.

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Mr. Foluso Olajide Phillips (FOP) is a distinguished Industrial Economist and a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), UK, and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). With over 45 years of global experience, his career spans financial and business operations management, enterprise development, and macroeconomic policy formulation.
As the Executive Chairman and Founder of The Phillips Group.

–Phillips Consulting Limited (PCL), he has built Nigeria’s largest indigenous management consulting firm, now in its 32nd year, with offices in Lagos, Abuja, and representation in South Africa and the United Kingdom. PCL is a recognized leader in people, technology, and organizational transformation services. He also chairs its affiliates, Phillips Outsourcing Limited (POL) and Phillips HMO (pHMO),
extending his leadership into outsourcing and healthcare management.

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