Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Expertise In:
- Diplomacy
- Emerging Markets
- Global Economy and Trade
- Global Markets
- Women in Business Leadership
Audience & Industry
- Board Meetings and Executive Briefings
- Corporations
- Global Audiences
- The Finance Industry
- The Professional Services Industry
Globally revered for her economic leadership, commitment to giving back and personal resilience, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala draws on a highly distinguished career as Nigeria’s first woman finance minister, first woman foreign minister, managing director of the World Bank and author of Reforming the Unreformable.
As a managing director of the World Bank, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala led the operational activities of the most important development finance institution in the world in South Asia, Europe and Central Asia, and Africa. During her two-term tenure as finance minister, the first woman to hold the job, Okonjo-Iweala developed economic reform programs that tripled Nigeria’s growth rate, facilitated an unprecedented $30 billion debt relief for Nigeria from the Paris Club and led to the country becoming the largest economy in Africa. While enshrining transparency in government finances and fighting corruption, she tread on the toes of powerful vested interests. Today, she is the subject of personal and political attacks and harassment by these same people, but she continues her strong, principled stance against corruption. Audiences will benefit from Okonjo-Iweala’s unmatched experience and personal courage as she tackles issues as wide ranging as leadership in difficult economic and political environments, what it truly means to fight corruption and how to steer economic management in an uncertain and volatile world. She also focuses on commodity price volatility, energy policy and related climate change issues and their global impact. She deals with problems of poverty and inequality and their relationship to the universally adopted Sustainable Development Goals. A remarkable and fearless woman, Okonjo-Iweala is a committed leading thinker on gender issues and protecting the disadvantaged while deeply dedicated to serving others and aiding developing countries. For her work, she has received worldwide acclaim, having been included on FORTUNE’s 2015 list of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders,” Forbes’ 2015 and 2014 lists of the “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” and TIME’s 2014 list of the “100 Most Influential People.” In addition, she was placed on the 2016 Power With Purpose Roll List, a prestigious award which recognizes outstanding and influential women with leadership who have helped engineer recognizable change in their community and the world.
Featured Videos
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's Speech Topics
The World Economy: A Conversation with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Reforming the Unreformable
Giving Back
Energy and Oil: A Global Analysis
Works by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala