Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili

Obiageli Katryn “Oby” Ezekwesili is a Nigerian chartered accountant, public official, and governance advocate whose career has connected anticorruption reform with international development. She helped establish Transparency International and later served Nigeria as Minister of Solid Minerals and Minister of Education. From 2007 to 2012, she was Vice President for the World Bank’s Africa Region, overseeing development work across Sub-Saharan Africa.