Simi Nwogugu
About Simi Nwogugu
Simi has dedicated majority of her working life to two things: helping women, particularly multicultural women, realize their full leadership potential without giving up their ability to achieve excellence in their private lives as daughters, wives and mothers; and helping young Africans, particularly girls, realize their full leadership potential, particularly in business, and how they can combine financial success with social responsibility and macroeconomic development. Recently promoted to CEO, JA Africa, Simi is determined to replicate the successes achieved in building and running Junior Achievement Nigeria to reach and improve the lives of over one million youth in Nigeria to the 13 other countries in Africa where JA operates. Faced with the challenges of a post-pandemic Africa, Simi is bringing all resources to bear in the fight to economically empower young people across Africa, including her role as President of the Harvard Business School Alumni Association of Nigeria and advisory roles in other nonprofits such as Teach For All and the ACA Foundation.