Akudo Anyanwu Ikemba

• Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Friends of the Global Fund Africa, Nigeria

BSc in Molecular Biology, Lehigh Univ.; Master's in Int'l Public Health, Harvard; MD, Tufts Univ.; diplomas in non-profit management and leadership, Duke Univ.; postgraduate studies, Univ. of London and London Hospital for Tropical Diseases. Co-Founder and CEO, Friends of the Global Fund Africa (Friends Africa), a pan-African organization that fights AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, using the capacity of African governments, African businesses and African community-based organizations. Member of the Board: Roll Back Malaria; AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Nigeria. Member, Nigerian Leadership Initiative. VP, Alumni Class, Harvard School of Public Health. Recipient of multiple awards in leadership and academia.