Adaorie is a finance and gender specialist with nearly 20 years of experience in the private sector. She has expertise in banking, women’s economic empowerment and inclusion, and strategy. In her current role, she manages gender projects and mainstreaming in IFC, Africa with an objective to reduce gender gaps across employment and entrepreneurship in the private sector. Adaorie holds MBA degree from Lancaster University (UK), graduate degree from Lagos University and has attended management development programs at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and the George Washington University.