Desirée Cormier Smith is the Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice. Previously, she served as a Senior Advisor in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs. Special Representative Cormier also worked at the Open Society Foundations as the Senior Policy Advisor for Africa, Europe, and Eurasia. In that role, she led the global foundation’s U.S. …
Yetunde Asika is the Co. Chair, Bandung Africa. She is an advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, an International Human Rights Lawyer, an Associate Partner with the Law firm Rose Chambers and she has been at the forefront of civil society work globally for years. She is a leader in the efforts to promote …
Tamika Grace Jude, Esq. is an esteemed immigration attorney, proudly licensed to practice Immigration Law in the state of New Jersey and across all 50 states. Additionally, she holds a license to practice in the Nation’s Capital, the District of Columbia. As the visionary founder of Jude Law LLC, an immigration law firm located in …
Simba Makahamadze is a seasoned and passionate Intellectual Property Practitioner with more than 12 years experience covering intellectual property protection, management , strategy & advisory in Africa & the Middle East, United Arab Emirates, African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) and Zimbabwe accredited IP Agent. Congratulations!! Please note: To nominate other high achievers of African …
Rashida Abdulai is a multiple award-winning lawyer and founder of the Africa-focused legal platform, Strand Sahara. She is proudly serving entrepreneurs of African descent, and works with businesses in the UK and across Africa to put in place the five key legal protections every business needs to succeed, from co-founder agreements to standard terms and …
Paulette Mastin is a partner in Reed Smith’s Financial Industry Group specializing in Capital Markets in London. She advises corporate trustees, agents and other service providers and companies on a wide variety of capital market transactions, including medium term notes, equity linked and regulatory capital issues, loan participation notes, high yield bonds, covered bonds, securitisations …
Olasupo Shasore is a partner at Africa Law Practice and a Senior Counsel as well as serving as the Chair of CWEIC’s Nigeria Advisory Board. He is a partner at Africa Law Practice and a Senior Counsel (a member of the inner bar, appointed Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in 2006); often referred to as …
Nyadol Nyuon OAM began her position as Director of the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre in January 2022, after more than a decade as a highly respected community advocate focusing on legal reform, social justice, human rights and multiculturalism. She has a particular interest in advocating for people with refugee experiences and those seeking asylum. She …
Dr. Lívia Sant’Anna Vaz is a Public Prosecutor at the Public Ministry of Bahia. PhD in Legal and Political Sciences from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. She is the author of the books “Justice is a black woman” (Black Jurists Collection) and “Racial Quotas” (Plural Feminisms Collection). Congratulations!! Please note: To …
Ketanji Brown Jackson is the Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. , becoming the first Black woman to sit on the Court. President Joe Biden appointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in 2021 and then nominated her as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court where she …