Anne Makena

Dr. Anne Makena is an ecosystems leader with years of experience in building people, programs and partnerships required to address the world’s most pressing challenges. Anne is presently the Co-Director of the Africa Oxford Initiative, driving strategy and programming for equitable partnerships with African institutions at the University of Oxford. She has worked across academia, business, government and non-governmental organisations.

An implementation scientist at heart, Anne completed the DPhil in Chemical Biology as a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford with a research focus on developing new therapeutic pathways for antimicrobial resistant infections. She is currently completing an Executive MBA program at the Said Business School, with a focus on Strategy and Innovation, Corporate resilience and Impact investing.