Speaker's Profile

Mayowa is passionate about the role that access to finance can play in Africa’s growth and development. She leads McKinsey’s fintech and payments work across East Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EEMA) and works closely with government leaders, social sector organisations, and the private sector on issues related to growth and large-scale transformations.

She has also led projects focused on business building and organisation design, as well as strategies for foreign direct investors to accelerate growth and development in Africa. She leads research in Africa for McKinsey’s Global Institute focused on economic development and gender parity, and is the author of several reports on these topics, including the critically acclaimed Reimagining economic growth in Africa: Turning diversity into opportunity.

Mayowa has an MEng (First Class Hons) in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Warwick and a Masters in Business Administration with Distinction from Harvard Business School.