Awele Elumelu

Dr. Awele Elumelu is the Chairperson of Avon Healthcare Limited, Nigeria’s leading health insurance provider, and the Founder and Chairman of Avon Medical, a network of full-service clinics and onsite facilities with presence across Nigeria.

Dr. Elumelu serves as a Director on the Board of Heirs Holdings, a family-owned investment company committed to improving lives and transforming Africa, and is the Co-founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, the leading philanthropy empowering entrepreneurs and championing entrepreneurship in Africa. She oversees the healthcare investments in the Heirs Holdings’ portfolio where she focuses on expanding and enhancing access to quality healthcare and achieving universal healthcare coverage in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, and across Africa.

She enjoys reading and running in her spare time.