Chinwe Esimai - Harvard Lawyer Breaks the Corporate Glass Ceiling
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Chinwe Esimai is a multiple award-winning lawyer, trailblazing corporate executive, author, and speaker who helps women leaders discover and embrace their genius and live lives of impact and fulfillment. She is the author of Brilliance Beyond Borders: Remarkable Women Leaders Share the Power of Immigrace (Harper Horizon) and host of the Brilliance Beyond Borders podcast.
She is managing director and Chief Compliance Officer for Legacy Franchises at Citigroup, Inc. Prior to that, she was Chief Anti-Bribery Officer at Citigroup. She’s the first person to hold these titles in the bank’s history. She is also an executive council member of the Ellevate Network, serves as a Cherie Blair Foundation mentor, and is a member of Apollo Theater’s EmpowHer, a group of dynamic women supporting teens through a variety of initiatives. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in political science, summa cum laude, from The City College of New York and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. She lives in Sparta, New Jersey, with her husband and three children.
- First person to hold the title of Chief Anti-Bribery Officer at Citigroup.
- The Nigerian Lawyers Association named her Trailblazer of the Year.
- Chair of the Board of Harambee USA (2014-2020), a non-profit foundation dedicated to supporting education and sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Chinwe regularly speaks at conferences, including three times at the United Nations. She is passionate about and discusses:
- The Art of Navigating the Corporate Terrain: how to chart an innovative career.
- Leadership Lessons from Remarkable Immigrant Women Leaders: what all women leaders can learn from them.
- Talent as Leverage: how organizations can create and leverage high-performing talent, including diverse talent, to create winning cultures, market differentiation, and more effectively advance their missions.
- Global Anti-Corruption Trends
- African Economic Development
- UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
- Africa Agenda 2063
- Leveraging Fintech to Promote Public Sector Integrity
Website: www.chinweesimai.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chinweesimaiofficial/
Twitter: @ChinweEsimai
Instagram: @chinweesimai
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chinwe-esimai
Podcast: www.chinweesimai.com/podcast
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