Awo Ablo

Biography

Awo Ablo is President at Co-Impact and serves on non-executive boards at Oracle, the Tony Blair Institute, and the Institute of Development Studies at University of Sussex. She mentors corporate leaders through the Black Corporate Board Readiness program at Santa Clara University. Previously, she was EVP for Strategy and Partnerships at the Tony Blair Institute, Director of External Relations at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, and Director of Business Development at BBC Media Action. Drawing on cross-sector experience spanning governance, public health, human rights, technology, media, and global development, Awo has led organizations through transformation and hypergrowth. She has also contributed to advisory groups including the Chatham House Global Health Working Group. A frequent speaker on global issues, she is proudly Ghanaian with dual British citizenship, bringing a global perspective shaped by living and working across Europe, America, Africa, and Southeast Asia.