biography

Oluwatamilore is a social sector leader from Nigeria with over seven years of experience investing in, co-creating, and implementing dozens of impact projects.

She leads Google's philanthropic portfolio in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Emerging Markets, managing more than USD 30M in grant funding. Highlights of this work include setting up a COVID-19 relief fund impacting 115,000 individuals and families at the height of the pandemic and rolling out 50,000 digital skills scholarships across 21 EMEA countries.

Oluwatamilore has degrees in architecture and urban design, spearheading urban projects funded by international non-profits like the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Open House Worldwide and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) in her home city, Lagos, Nigeria.

Oluwatamilore is pursuing the MPP to further explore how learnings from community-based organisations can inform government policies and precipitate change at scale with a specific interest in policy for prosperity.

Oluwatamilore is a Weidenfeld Hoffman Scholar.