Dr. Frank Aswani has extensive private and social sector experience. His previousroles including 14 years in Healthcare with Eli Lilly where he worked in Kenya, England, Switzerland and South Africa.
His last role at Lilly was the Sales Director for South Africa and Regional Director for Sub Sahara Africa where he managed over 25 countries in Anglo Phone and Luso-phone Sub Sahara Africa. His other stints included being the Vice President and Director of Strategic Relations at African Leadership Academy (ALA) in Johannesburg, the African Regional Director with ARK (Absolute Return for Kids) and also spent time running his own consultancy in Innovation.
Frank is a visiting faculty at the University of Oxford Saïd Business School social finance and impact investing programs. He is also a member of the Investment committee of the MasterCard Foundation Africa Growth Fund, advisory board member of the Oryx Fund of Funds and the founder and host of Afropact Podcast series, a podcast showcasing stories of African Impact by highlighting African solutions to African problems. Frank is a passionate pan-African and perennial Afro-optimist who believes that we Africans should be at the forefront of solving our own problems.
Frank holds a Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Nairobi and an MBA from GIBS (Gordon Institute of Business Studies), University of Pretoria, South Africa.