Co-Impact is a global collaborative philanthropy that brings together local changemakers and funders to bring about durable change at scale. It focuses on making health, education, climate and economic systems stronger and more inclusive and advancing gender equality and women’s leadership. Awo will lead Co-Impact’s next chapter beginning in January 2027, following a carefully planned transition led by Founder and CEO Olivia Leland and the Board. Olivia will join the Co-Impact Board in 2027.

Awo’s experience spans the not-for-profit and private sectors, including executive and non-executive board roles, with a focus on development and human rights, governance, public health, technology and media. Previously, Awo 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 her expertise across governance, public health, human rights, technology, media and global development, Awo has led organisations through transformation and hypergrowth. She mentors corporate leaders through the Black Corporate Board Readiness programme at Santa Clara University and regularly serves as a judge for social impact awards such as MB100.

Awo holds several non-executive leadership positions. She serves as a board director at Oracle Corporation, a global technology company; sits on the board of the Tony Blair Institute, a global advisory firm for government leaders; and serves as Vice-Chair of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, a global leader in development studies. Her previous non-executive roles include board positions at the Ellison Institute Research Foundation in California and BBC Media Action. Awo has also served on advisory groups including the Chatham House Global Health Working Group and the UK Ministerial Advisory Committee on development and global aid.

Awo regularly speaks publicly on her areas of expertise, 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 master’s degree from SOAS University of London and a BA in Philosophy and Theology from the University of Kent.