2025 Judges

Chi Achebe

Founding & Managing Partner, Achebe Capital

Oluwadara Adekunle

Managing Partner & CEO, Farmties Capital Limited

Oreoluwa Agunbiade

Investment Associate, GEX Capital

Surayyah Ahmad

Managing Partner, Sabou Capital

Marie Christine Balla Andela

Director Finance International, Hines

Sharon Blackman OBE

Managing Director & General Counsel, Citi

Ama Blankson

Equity Investment Specialist, Public Markets, Aviva Investors

Hope Brown

Chief Compliance Officer, Calvert Funds

Alexia Brown

Investor, MPowered Capital

Jewel Burks Solomon

Managing Partner, Collab Capital

Derby O. Chukwudi

Private Wealth Alternatives Advisor APAC, JP Morgan Asset Management

Caitlyn Clarke

Managing Director, Global Head of Enterprise Risk Management, Cambridge Associates

Maude Delice

Managing Director, Arkview Capital

Fatima Diop

High Yield Portfolio Strategist, Capital Group

Nneka Eze

Managing Partner, VestedWorld

Camille Grant

Associate, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Shana C Hall

Executive Director, Finance, GCM Grosvenor

Joanne HansonBonney

Managing Director, Ares Management

Janae Hilliard

Asset Manager, Shapell Properties

Christina Holder

Director, Cushman & Wakefield

Kem Ihenacho

Partner, Latham & Watkins

Ona Ike

Director - Senior International Wealth Specialist, UBP (UK)

Paula Imafidon

Client Success Manager, BNY

Awovi Sandra Komassi

Environmental and Social Risk Specialist, FinDev Canada

Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL

Co-Founder, Redington, Mallowstreet & 10k Black Interns

Zenabu Labri

Head of Sustainability Regulation and Policy, Morgan Stanley

La Keisha Landrum Pierre

General Partner & Co-founder, Emmeline Ventures

Omotunde Lawal, CFA

Head of EMEA and EM Corporate Credit, Barings

Dominique Miles

Private Wealth Advisor, Goldman Sachs

Leah Miller

Vice President, Model Portfolio Product Strategist, BlackRock

Jumai Mohammed

Investment Director - Financial Services, British International Investment (BII)

Randy Moore

Foundation President, Clayton, Dubilier and Rice (CD&R)

Dhinusha Munien

Global Company Secretary, Hayfin Capital Management

Tonna Obaze

Founder & CEO, Tonna&Co

Denise Odaro

Managing Director, Head of ESG & Sustainability, PAI Partners

Uchechi Ogbuokiri

IT Audit Manager-Compliance, Brown Advisory

Aramide Ogunlana

Investment Specialist Director, M&G Investments

Nadine Okorefe

Senior Project Manager, M&G Real Estate

Elizabeth Onasanya

Senior Investment Analyst, Lockheed Martin Ventures

Justin Onuekwusi

Chief Investment Officer, St. James's Place

Akua Opong

Senior EUC Engineer, Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering, LSEG

Genever Oppong

CEO/Co-Founder, Black Women Investors Network

Mirabelle Osaro

Director, Business Risk and Governance, Royal Bank of Canada

Dami Osunsanya

General Partner, Athena Capital

Akima Paul - Lambert

Partner, Hogan Lovells

Dana Reed

Founder & CEO, Nyansapo Impact Capital

Mariama Sene

Vice President, Executive Director, Goldman Sachs International

Marc Stoneham

Partner, DPI

Aline Telles Coelho

Managing Partner, Agbara Fund

Rewa Udoji

Director, Investment Management, Chapel Hill Denham

Taylor Williams

Venture Capital Investor, Cleveland Avenue

Aisha Williams

Senior Training and Development Manager, LGT Wealth Management

Anita Woodhouse

Chief Compliance Officer, V-Square Quantitative Management LLC