Director General and CEONigeria National Health Insurance Agency
Dr. Kelechi Ohiri is the Chief Executive Officer of HSDF, a Healthcare Advisory Firm and a Visiting Scientist at Harvard University. He co-founded the Healthcare Leadership Academy (www.hlaafrica.org) and partner at Flint Atlantic - a Social Impact investment and advisory firm.
He previously served as the Senior Adviser to three Ministers (Two Ministers of Health and the Minister of Finance) in Nigeria. In these roles he led the delivery of several large-scale transformation programs in the country, including the Saving One Million Lives Imitative which aimed to reduce maternal and child deaths in the country, as well as the conceptualization and design of the National Social Safety Net Program to reduce intergenerational poverty.
Prior to this, he was an Engagement Manager with the London Office of McKinsey and Company, where he served public and private sector clients in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He also worked with the World Bank Group in Washington DC, having joined through the Young Professionals' Program. His focus was on Social Protection and strengthening Health Systems in countries in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
Dr Ohiri has written policy papers, peer-reviewed publications and co-authored books on health-systems. He has served on expert advisory committees for the Institute of Medicine, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Bank, the Global Fund and the World Health Organization. He also served on the Board of the World Health Organization’s Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research and is currently a member of the Program and Policy Committee of the GAVI Alliance Board.
Dr. Ohiri earned a medical degree from the University of Lagos. He also holds a Master of Public Health degree and a Master of Science in Health Policy and Management, both from Harvard University. He is a Desmond Tutu Fellow of the African Leadership Institute and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.