Awo Ablo

Awo Ablo is (incoming) President, Programs and Strategy at Co-Impact and serves as a non-executive director on boards at Oracle, the Tony Blair Institute, and the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

Previously, she was Executive Vice President at the Tony Blair Institute, Director of External Relations at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, and Director of Business Development at BBC Media Action. Drawing on expertise spanning governance, public health, human rights, technology, media, and global development, Awo has led organizations through transformation and hypergrowth. She has also contributed to advisory groups including the Chatham House Global Health Working Group. She mentors corporate leaders through the Black Corporate Board Readiness program at Santa Clara University. Awo undertakes public speaking engagements on her expert topics, bringing a global perspective shaped by living and working across Africa, Europe, the Americas and Southeast Asia. She is proudly Ghanaian with British citizenship. Awo holds a Masters degree from SOAS, London University and obtained a BA in Philosophy and Theology from the University of Kent.