MBA StudentSaid Business School
Avril, a Liberian-New Yorker, is currently an MBA and a Said Foundation Scholar at Said Business School. Prior to joining the Class of 2016, she spent three years in Ethiopia and Liberia developing strategic communications, strategies, and action plans for the United Nations, NGOs, and the FMCG acquisition of London-based private equity firm 54 Capital. Previously, Avril worked in as E-commerce Manager and Buyer for upscale French brand A.P.C. in her native New York, and coordinating marketing and product training for software giant Salesforce in San Francisco. Her post-MBA plans include increasing investment to African entrepreneurs, and combining her private and developing sector experience to launch a for-profit enterprise for job creation in sub-Saharan Africa. Avril has a Master of Science in International Management from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Pre-Medical Sciences from Fordham University in New York. She speaks French and Spanish and can read and understand basic Arabic and Amharic.