Our Leadership Team
The Mastercard Foundation’s leadership team is based in Africa and Canada. Country office locations include Kigali, Accra, Nairobi, Kampala, Lagos, Dakar, Addis Ababa, and Toronto.
Executive Committee
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Sewit Ahderom
President and CEO
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Daniel Hailu
Interim Chief Program Officer & Executive Director, Impact Evidence and Learning
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Doug Kasambala
Chief Financial Officer
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Sconaid McGeachin
Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer
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Wole Onabolu
General Counsel
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Linda Osodo
Executive Director, People & Culture Business Partnering
I am excited to listen and learn from young people, our staff, and our partners, and to strengthen the collaborations that will continue to shape meaningful change across Africa and within Indigenous communities in Canada.
Sewit Ahderom, President and CEO
Directors
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Dr. Segenet Kelemu
Executive Director, PANA Programs
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Rosemary Nduhiu
Executive Director, Country Programs
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Dr. John Nkengasong
Executive Director, Higher Education, Collaboratives, and Strategic Initiatives
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Litsa Popowich
Executive Director, Global Controller
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Adesola Sotande-Peters
Executive Director, Finance
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Samuel Yalew Adela
Senior Director, Secondary Education and Transitions (SET)
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Jennifer Brennan
Senior Director, Canada
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Adrian Bukenya
Acting Country Director, Uganda, Senior Director, Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programs
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Rosy Fynn
Country Director, Nigeria
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Paul Kasanga
Country Director, Ghana
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Ivan Ntwali
Country Director, Rwanda
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Rica Rwigamba
Senior Director, Talent and Culture
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Mefthe Tadesse
Country Director, Ethiopia
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Hannah Tsadik
Country Director, Kenya
Reeta Roy
As former President and CEO of the Mastercard Foundation, Reeta Roy has been instrumental in building one of the world’s largest and most impactful philanthropies.
