2021 GDEIB Experts Panellists

MSc African Studies; BSocSci Social Anthropology, Media and Writing. Rachel Nyaradzo Adams, a facilitator, speaker, and coach focused on transformational leadership, is the founder and managing director of Narachi Leadership, a Pan-African leadership consultancy based in Harare, Zimbabwe. Narachi Leadership aims to develop deep benches of leaders across the African continent by providing leaders with transformational tools to shift themselves, their followers and their environments. Narachi works with corporates, entrepreneurs, the public sector, universities and high schools.  Rachel’s focus on diversity started when she wrote her Master’s dissertation on race politics and transformation in higher education in South Africa.

Since then her career has been focused in parts on advocating for inclusivity, particularly racial inclusivity, in corporate spaces. Previous roles were with Yale University where she led the launch of its Africa Initiative as Associate Director for Africa. Before that she was with McKinsey and Company (Johannesburg) where she was head of the McKinsey Leadership Program (MLP) which she co-designed, implemented and managed. She was also a founding member of the transformation committee.  Prior to this she worked with the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation as Regional Program Manager for leadership and entrepreneurship, Gauteng Region. Rachel is a Mandela Rhodes Scholar, a Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow, a Mellon Mays Fellow and a Felix Scholar. She is a recipient of the Mellon Mays Leadership and Service Award. She read for her Masters in African Studies at the University of Oxford (St. Anthony’s College) and her Bachelor of Social Science in Social Anthropology and Media at the University of Cape Town.

Website: http://narachileadership.com/

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