{"id":864,"date":"2024-05-21T16:02:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T20:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/?post_type=dmsb_person&#038;p=864"},"modified":"2024-07-16T12:16:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:16:20","slug":"mezuo-nwuneli","status":"publish","type":"dmsb_person","link":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/mezuo-nwuneli\/","title":{"rendered":"Mezuo Nwuneli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Mezuo Nwuneli&nbsp;<\/strong>is the&nbsp;<strong>Managing Partner of Sahel Capital Agribusiness Managers<\/strong>, a food and agribusiness-focused private investment firm investing across sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to founding Sahel Capital, Mezuo held roles at J.P. Morgan &amp; Co., Ocean and Oil Holdings, and AFIG Funds. He is a non-executive Chairman\/Co-Founder of AACE Foods, a Nigeria-based food manufacturing company, and Co-Founder\/non-executive director at Sahel Consulting an agriculture-focused management consulting firm. Mezuo also serves on the Nigeria National Advisory Board for Impact Investing, and on the boards of the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) and the Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, Nigeria (PEVCA). He is an Eisenhower Fellow and an Archbishop Tutu Fellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School, and received a B.Sc. in Industrial Management, with a minor in Information Systems, from Carnegie Mellon University. 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