Chris Bradford

Biography

Chris Bradford is driven to build transformational educational institutions. Over the past seventeen years, Chris has guided the development of African Leadership Academy. African Leadership Academy seeks to transform Africa by identifying, developing, and connecting the continent’s future leaders. Today, his work includes the development of the Anzisha Education Accelerator, which invests in high potential school founders across Africa who are building great schools that empower children to maximize their potential and communities to reimagine the possible.

Chris seeks to build strong organizations that transform societies by empowering individuals to reimagine what is possible for themselves and their communities. He relishes the process of institution building: ensuring that organizations are built to last and thrive beyond their founders.
Prior to ALA, Chris co-founded Terra Education and worked at organizations including Procter and Gamble, BCG, and the Broad Foundation. He also worked as a teacher at Oundle School, a boarding school in England. Chris is a graduate of Yale University and Stanford University (MBA, MA Education).