Bunmi Otegbade *19

Position
Nonresident Fellow
Role
Senior Director, Ashoka Foundation
Bio/Description

Bunmi Otegbade *19 is a global social impact leader and is currently Senior Director at Ashoka, where he leads knowledge production for peer-driven networks and strategic institutional partnerships in North America. He is also a venture investor, debt and equity, in fast-growing technology firms in life sciences, deep tech, clean energy, and inclusive financial technologies in emerging markets with a focus on Africa. His interests range from innovation policy and technology transfer to the financial market institutions that drive inclusive economic development in emerging markets. He received his Master's in Public Policy (MPP) from Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs.