Dr Anino Emuwa is an international management consultant with over twenty-five years’ professional experience in Europe and Africa.

A former corporate banker with Citibank, Anino is the founder and managing director of Avandis Consulting in France and Nigeria, providing strategy and financial advisory services to entrepreneurs and business leaders, and consulting on bilateral commercial activities.

A highly respected advocate for women business leadership, Anino convenes several networks including the Africa Women CEOs Network and leads the Power Breakfast Series for Women CEOs and the Women Business Owners’ Seminars. Anino is also a business coach and mentor for the prestigious Cartier Women Initiatives and the Cherie Blair Foundation.

An international public speaker on entrepreneurship, fintech and diversity in business leadership, Anino has been invited to speak at Facebook, ING, Nottingham Business School, Institute of Directors, University of Cambridge, London School of Economics and The Banking Space. Her thought leadership articles have been published in Forbes and Entrepreneur.

Anino graduated with a BSc Economics from London School of Economics and holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management. She obtained her Doctorate in Business Administration from Nottingham Business School where she is an alumni fellow. Anino has been accepted at the University of Cambridge to pursue a Masters in Entrepreneurship.

An experienced Non-Executive Director, most recently Anino was on the board of Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company PLC where she was the Chair of the Audit Committee. Anino is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, a member of the Institute of Directors and an AACSB certified business school instructor. She has lived and worked in six countries in Europe and Africa, and is bilingual in English and French.