OKONJO-IWEALA, Dr. Ngozi

• Development Economist, World Bank;
• Member, International Monetary and Finance Committee of the IMF, 2003-2006;
• Vice President and Corporate Secretary, World Bank;
• Director of Operations in the Middle East and North Africa region, World Bank;
• Country Director, South East Asia and Mongolia Country unit, World Bank;
• Minister of Finance, Nigeria, July 2003- June 2006;
• Chairperson, World Bank’s Development Committee, 2004;
• Minster of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria, June 2006 – August 2006;
• Managing Director, World Bank, 2007-2011;
• Member, International Monetary and Finance Committee of the IMF, 2011-2015;
• Member, Danish-Government-led Commission on Africa;
• Member, World Economic Forum Global Leadership Council on Transparency and Corruption;
• Member, The Renowned Commission on World Growth, led by Nobel Prize winner Professor Michael Spence;
• Member, Advisory Board, Clinton Global Initiative;
• Member, Advisory Board, ONE Foundation
• Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Nigeria, August 2011- May 2015;
• Chairman, Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company Plc until May 26, 2015;
• Member, United Nations’ Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the New Climate Economy;
• Member, Board of Governors at African Development Bank;
• Co-Chair, Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation

Okonjo-Iweala has received honorary Doctorate Degrees from 21 universities worldwide, including some from the most prestigious colleges:

• Brown University (2006),
• Colby College (2007)
• Trinity College, Dublin (2007)
• Amherst College (2009)
• University of Pennsylvania (2013)
• Yale University (2015)
• Northern Caribbean University, Jamaica
• LUISS Guido Carli, Italy (2021)
• American University (2022)
• Nyenrode Business University (2022)
• Tel Aviv University. 2019
• London School of Economics. 7 February 2022
• London School of Economics and Political Science (2023)
• Glasgow University (2023)

She has also received degrees from a host of Nigerian universities including

• Abia State University
• Delta State University, Abraka
• Oduduwa University
• Babcock University
• Universities of Port Harcourt
• Universities of Calabar
• Ife (Obafemi Awolowo university).

MEMBER OF NUMEROUS BOARDS AND ADVISORY GROUPS. SOME OF THEM INCLUDE:
• The Rockefeller Foundation
• The University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government’s International Advisory Board
• The Harvard University Advisory Council
• The University of Oxford Martin School’s Advisory Council
• The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank International Advisory Panel
• The International Commission on Financing Global Education (Chaired by Gordon Brown)
• The African Institutes of Science and Technology
• Friends of the Global Fund Africa
• The Center for Global Development
• G20 Eminent Persons Group reviewing Global Financial Governance
• The Mercy Corp Global Leadership Council
• The Women’s World Banking
• Results for Development Institute
• The World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders Foundation
• The B Team (Co-chaired by Sir Richard Branson)
• The Commission on the New Climate Economy (co-Chaired by President Felipe Calderon and Lord Nicholas Stern)
• The Global Development Network

• 2004 – TIME’s European Heroes Award
• 2004 – Finance Minister of the Year, Africa Investor Magazine
• 2005 – Finance Minister of the Year for Africa and the Middle East, Emerging Markets Magazine
• 2005 – Global Finance Minister of the Year, Euromoney
• 2005 – Finance Minister of the Year for Africa and the Middle East, The Banker
• 2010 – Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award
• 2010 – Global Leadership Award, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
• 2011 – Global Leadership Award, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
• 2011 – Top 100 Women in the World (The UK Guardian)
• 2011 – President of the Italian Republic Gold Medal, Pia Manzu Centre
• 2011 – Top 150 Women in the World (Newsweek)
• 2011 – Top 100 most inspiring people in the World Delivering for Girls and Women (Women Deliver)
• 2011 and 2012 -Top 100 Global Thinkers (Foreign Policy)
• 2012 – Forbes Top Three Most Powerful Women in Africa
• 2014 – David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award
• 2016 – Global Fairness Award, Global Fairness Initiative
• 2016 – Power with Purpose Award, Devex Development Communications Network
• 2017 – Madeleine K. Albright Global Development Award, Aspen Institute
• 2017 – Women’s Economic Empowerment Award, WEConnect International
• 2017 – Vanguard Award, Howard University
• 2017 – BBC’s 100 women
• Transparency International’s Eight Female Anti-Corruption Fighters Who Inspire (2019)
• 2020 – African of the Year, Forbes Africa
• 2020 – Minister of the Decade, People’s Choice Award by Nigeria’s This Day newspaper
• 2022 – 50 Over 50: EMEA Award, Forbes
• 2022 – Golden Plate Award, American Academy of Achievement
• 2022 – Humanitarian Award for a Lifetime of Public Service and Advocacy of Sustainable International Development, United Nations Association of New York
• Top 100 Most Powerful Women in the World (Forbes, 2023, 2022, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011)

SOME OF DR NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA’S PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE:
– Chinua Achebe: Teacher of Light – a biography of Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, co-authored with Tijan Sallah, published by Africa World Press, (2003).

– The Debt Trap in Nigeria: Towards a Sustainable Debt Strategy – an academic piece, co-edited with Charles C. Soludo and Mansur Muhtar, published by Africa World Press, (2003).

– Reforming The Unreformable: Lessons From Nigeria – an account of Ngozi’s work under Obasanjo’s administration between 2003 – 2007, published by MIT Press, (2012).

– Shine a Light on the Gaps – an essay on financial inclusion for African Small Holder Farmers, co-authored with Janeen Madan, published by Foreign Affairs (2015).

– Funding the SDGs: Licit and Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries, published by Horizons Magazine (2016).

-Fighting Corruption is Dangerous – The Story behind the Headlines (2018).

TALKS:
– Want to Help Africa? Do Business Here – A Ted Talk delivered March 2007.
– Aid Versus Trade – A Ted Talk delivered June 2007.
– Don’t Trivialise Corruption, Tackle It – A Tedx Euston Talk delivered January 2013.

DR NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA HAS RECEIVED HONORARY DEGREES FROM:
– Brown University, Providence, RI, USA (Honorary Doctorate of Laws), (2006);
– Colby College, Maine, USA (2007);
– Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (2007);
– Amherst College, Amherst, MA, USA (2009);
– University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, USA (2013);
– Babcock University, Ilishan-remo, Ogun State (2014);
– Abia State University, Uturu, Abia State;
– Oduduwa University, Ile-Ife, Osun State;
– University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State;
– Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Osun State;
– Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (2015);
– Northern Caribbean University, Mandeville, Jamaica (Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters).

DR. NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA IS A MEMBER OF NUMEROUS BOARDS AND ADVISORY GROUPS. SOME OF THEM INCLUDE:
– The Rockefeller Foundation
– The University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government’s International Advisory Board
– The Harvard University Advisory Council
– The University of Oxford Martin School’s Advisory Council
– The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank International Advisory Panel
– The International Commission on Financing Global Education (Chaired by Gordon Brown)
– The African Institutes of Science and Technology
– Friends of the Global Fund Africa
– The Center for Global Development
– G20 Eminent Persons Group reviewing Global Financial Governance
– The Mercy Corp Global Leadership Council
– The Women’s World Banking
– Results for Development Institute
– The World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders Foundation
– The B Team (Co-chaired by Sir Richard Branson)
– The Commission on the New Climate Economy (co-Chaired by President Felipe Calderon and Lord Nicholas Stern)
– The Global Development Network

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala introduced the practice of publishing each state’s monthly financial allocation from the Federal Government of Nigeria in the newspapers. This action went a long way in increasing transparency in governance. With the support of the World Bank and the IMF to the Federal Government of Nigeria, she helped build an electronic financial management platform-the Government Integrated Financial Management and Information System (GIFMIS), including the Treasury Single Account (TSA) and the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), helping to curtail corruption in the process.

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the founder of Nigeria’s first indigenous opinion-research organization, NOI-Polls. She also founded the Center for the Study of Economies of Africa (C-SEA), a development research think tank based in Abuja, Nigeria. She headed the Growing Girls and Women in Nigeria Programme (GWIN) and the Youth Enterprise with Innovation programme (You WIN). The programme developed many entrepreneur creating thousands of jobs. She is a Member of the Governing Council of Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority in which capacity she provides advice and counsel to the Board of Directors.

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development and the Brookings Institution. She is also an ambassador of the Open Government Partnership.

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is employed with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and is also an Adviser to World Bank on the Stolen Assets Recovery initiative.