Charles Ogunwuyi has over 25 years of work experience. He has held several senior management positions at Ford Motor Company North America and Diageo Africa, where he was Director of Strategy and Business Transformation for Guinness Nigeria Plc. He was subsequently the Director of Retail Sales at the start-up of Etisalat Nigeria, a mobile telecommunications company and most recently, Chief Operating Officer and Partner at Coronation Capital, a West Africa-focused private equity firm.

Charles has a Masters degree in Management and Technology from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from Cornell University, a Masters degree in Computer and Information Systems from the University of Detroit and a Bachelors degree in Economics from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria