Obiageli “Oby” Katryn Ezekwesili, former presidential candidate of Nigeria in the 2019 elections, is an economic policy expert and Senior Economic Advisor at the Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI) and co-founder of the #BringBackOurGirls movement in Nigeria. 
Ezekwesili was Vice President of the World Bank (Africa Region) and former Minister of Education, Minister of Solid Minerals, Chairperson of the Budget Monitoring and Price Intelligence Unit and former Chairperson of the Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI). She is also a founding director of Transparency International.Currently Ezekwesili chairs the board of Women Political Leaders (WPL) in Brussels, emphasizing her commitmen to advancing women in politics globally.