Chimene I Emejuru

Has 15+ years track record of leadership in business and politics, shaping livelihoods of underserved talents of color who lack quality education and safe environment to succeed. A VC Advisor for FoodBakery at the VC4A Mentor Driven Capital Program (Nigeria), VC Advisor for ThinkBikes at the United Nations SDSN Youth Investment Readiness Program, and a ESG Observer at the UNCTAD African Regional Partnership for Sustainable and SDG Reporting. Led human capital engagements and venture capital investments, that gave birth to Lowase Management Consulting, the LMC School of Practice and the 2022 African Truecaller Leadership Fellows Programme. Previously served as a VC Special Advisor to the $1.5Billion FASTEMS Social Bond Proposal with University of Virginia Darden School of Business, to finance an emerging Digital Credit Finance Company for underserved black students; and was a Co-Judge at the 2022 Kellogg Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge, in which two out of six funds advanced to the final competition rounds.

A Bachelors degree holder in Communications from Walden University, with another Bachelors degree in Management from Canyon College. Member of the American Management Association (AMA), Member of the Public Private Partnerships Association of India (PPPAI) and former Secretary General at Nigerians in Disapora Organisation, Virginia United States. Hold professional awards from the CFA Institute, Project Management Institute, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Institute for Supply Chain Management India, VC4A Mentor Driven Capital Program, Accenture Digital Skills Program, United Nations Institute for Training & Research, United Nations Senior Staff College, Bharti Institute of Public Policy – Indian School of Business, University of Berkeley Haas School of Business, and European Investment Bank.

I began the process of establishing a Venture Capital Fund in New York City (Emejuru Capital Investments) between 2014 and 2015. I also raised seed funding for Lowase in 2021, a youth talent management consulting firm, and sponsored the African Truecaller Leadership Fellows 2022 Programme at the LMC School of Practice. Through it all, I learned a lot about the startup ecosystem from the entrepreneurial desire to raise capital to other stakeholders willing to invest. I would like to mentor to young entrepreneurs and its executive directors, helping them create results based outcomes for newly launched innovative product and service lines that can sustainably impact our nations, societies and the world.