The Herconomy Honoree awards
Celebrating women who have made a difference in various industries.
- Nomination ended 6th March, 2022
Celebrating women who have made a difference in various industries.
Celebrating women who have made a difference in various industries.
Folawe Omikunle is a social entrepreneur with over 10 years of experience
spanning Education, Development, Non-profit Management, Fundraising,
and Sustainability. Her degrees in International Law and diplomacy, Diplomatic studies, and Montessori Education from Babcock University, Nigeria, University of
Westminster, and Modern Montessori International, United Kingdom
prepared her to be a catalyst for change as she has revolutionized the
education non-profit sector in Nigeria. She possesses Executive
Certifications from Lagos Business School, Nigeria, and Harvard University.
Folawe Omikunle is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Teach For
Nigeria, a non-profit organization that is focused on addressing educational
inequity by recruiting university graduates and working professionals to
serve as full-time teachers in Nigeria’s most under-served schools. Through
her hard work, dedication and resilience, Teach For Nigeria was adjudged
the Best Education Innovation of the Year at the 2018 Arclight Award.
As a visionary leader, Folawe has served in various leadership capacities
including being the Pioneer Executive Secretary of the Association of Private
Educators in Nigeria.
Folawe has served the nation and the world at large in various capacities,
including Head, Basic Education Committee of the Human Capital
Development Commission, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG);
Committee Member, Education Transformation Committee, Ministry of
Education, Lagos, and Board member, Vocational Training Center of the
Blind Society, Nigeria; Board member, The Nigerian Breweries—Felix
Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund. She also sits on the Advisory Council of
Teach For All, Africa, and Network Advisory Committee, Teach For All.
In 2016, Folawe was listed on the PowerList as one of the ten most
influential Nigerians under 40 by YNaija. In 2018, She was listed as one of
the 100 most inspiring Nigerian women by Leading Ladies Africa. She won
the HER Network Education Woman of the Year award and the Arclight
Foundation Woman of the year in education award. In 2020, in
commemoration of Nigeria’s 60th Independence Day celebration, Folawe was
listed as one of the 60 most inspiring and impactful women in Nigeria.
Mary Mosope Adeyemi is a passionate, people-oriented and purpose-driven woman who successfully walks the tight-rope of business and social pursuits.
Mosope is an award-winning investment professional with a 15 year tenure working with global investment banks. She currently serves as an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs where she leads the deployment of the banks balance sheet into European TMT credit opportunities.
She is also the founder of viSHEbility, a UK social first organisation working to improve outcomes for black women in the marketplace through inspiration, coaching, community and advocacy. Her work has impacted women at top tier firms including McKinsey, Bank of America, Lazard Bank, Goldman Sachs, Accenture, IFC and Barclays, amongst others.
Inspired by her own turbulent transition from academia into the workplace, Mosope wrote Visible Strengths, a book that helps professionals accelerate their career by learning how to capitalise on their strengths, contribute value and communicate their results.
Mosope she serves as trustee on the board of Fideliz Foundation and GlowUP NG, two Nigerian charities working to improve educational attainment of differently abled or disadvantaged women and children.
Mosope holds a 1st class BA in Accounting & Finance from Lancaster University, an MSc in Management from Imperial College, is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the ACCA. When she is not head deep in spreadsheets, client calls and social work, she enjoys weightlifting, watching cooking shows and K-Dramas, and travelling around the globe.
Angelica Munoz currently leads the S4YE’s Youth Engagement agenda at the World Bank. She has substantial experience in the areas of governance, employment policy and skills development, with a particular focus in Central Asia, the Arab States, and the Asia Pacific regions. Before joining the World Bank, Angelica worked for the ILO, the UNECE, WIPO and the OECD. Her interest are on digitalization, the future of work and the future of learning.
Senior Gender & Economic Inclusion Specialist, Africa at International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group
Adaorie is a finance and gender specialist with 17 years of experience in the private sector. She has expertise in banking, women’s economic empowerment & inclusion, and strategy. In her current role at IFC, she manages gender projects and mainstreaming to reduce gender gaps across employment and entrepreneurship in Africa’s private sector. As Head, Women Banking at Access Bank, she supported women sub-segments in Nigeria and key African markets (Ghana, Rwanda, Zambia, Gambia, and Sierra Leone)
through the Women’s Market Program – the W Initiative. The initiative won several local and international awards, including a three-year consecutive award for Excellence in Women’s Economic Empowerment by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Adaorie is a graduate of the prestigious Lancaster University, UK, where she graduated summa cum laude with a Master’s in Business Administration. She has attended management development programs in leading institutions, such as the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
She is an Advisory Board member at Shecluded, a fintech dedicated to supporting women business owners and a mentor on the Cherie Blaire Foundation for Women.
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