Obianuju Uchenna is a Delivery Advisor at the Tony Blair Institute. She is a structured financing expert and an experienced international development consultant and has worked for over 10 years delivering impact and leading transactions in the Emerging Markets.

Obianuju began her career at Goldman Sachs as an Investment Banker on their London office’s Equity Derivatives desk. While at Goldman, she advised Emerging Market clients and structured equity derivatives solutions to allow them to finance and manage illiquid equity positions. Additionally, she covered French Private Wealth clients and provided hedging derivatives against highly liquid equity stakes. Subsequent to her time at Goldman Sachs, Obianuju was the Chief ESG Officer at Avery Row, based in their Lagos office, where she spearheaded the development and implementation process of an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) framework for a credit-focused fund. As part of her role, she provided M&A and financing advice to clients based in Africa and coordinated and managed debt, equity and derivative transactions.

Obianuju holds an MA in French and Russian from the University of Oxford and a Double Master’s degree in International Development and International Affairs from Sciences Po in Paris and Columbia University in New York. She is also an avid linguist who speaks six languages, including fluent French, Russian and Spanish.