Nabila Aguele is Chief Executive, Nigeria at the Malala Fund, where she leads the organisation’s country strategy and operations, and oversees the external affairs portfolio. She is a lawyer, public policy expert and advocate for gender equality with more than 20 years of experience. As an expert in sustainable development, she employs data-driven and narrative-based advocacy to drive policy change and shift societal norms.
Aguele also serves on the boards of Women for Women International, INSEAD, and Girl Rising. At Girl Rising, she is Vice-Chair of the Board and Chair of the Nominating & Governance Committee. She is a Non-Resident Fellow with the Center for Global Development and a Senior Fellow with the African Center for Economic Transformation.
Before joining Malala Fund, Aguele served as a Special Adviser to Nigeria’s Minister of Finance. In her role, she championed gender-responsive fiscal policies and budgets and helped craft Nigeria’s Integrated National Financing Framework. Prior, she was a Special Adviser to Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, co-leading the Strategic Revenue Growth Initiatives; and a Technical/Special Assistant to Nigeria’s Minister of State for Budget & National Planning.
Before transitioning into the policy and governance space, Aguele served on the full-time faculty at American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL), co-leading the GlushkoSamuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic (an in-house pro bono law firm). She also designed an.
