Bridging the Opportunity Gap

<p class=ql-align-center>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</p><p class=ql-align-justify>Born on April 22 1971 in Cameroon Arrey Obenson is a lawyer and graduate of the Washington University in Saint Louis where he obtained a Master of Laws (LLM) degree in 2005. He obtained a degree from the University of Yaoundé Cameroon in 1992 and was admitted to the Cameroon Bar Association in December 1999.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>Obenson currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and partner of Transformunity LLC a consulting firm that provides services in strategy development movement building advocacy and strategic events. Prior to his current position Obenson served as Chief Administrative Officer or Secretary General of a global nonprofit organization spanning over 120 countries and engaging hundreds of thousands of young people known as Junior Chamber International (JCI). Obenson has been involved in organizational leadership for fifteen-plus years and played a significant role in developing and implementing strategy that has been transformational for JCI. Obenson has also served on multiple boards of directors including the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens the International Chamber of Commerce/ World Chambers Federation and is founder of I Am Cameroon a movement that inspires educates and engages Cameroonians to accept and assume responsibility for the development of Cameroon.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>Obenson is an active citizen who focuses on solving problems by engaging actors from all sectors of society-businesses governments and the civil society-to identify their opportunities and develop strategies to achieve growth. Obenson is a motivating and engaging speaker who is frequently invited to speak to audiences of varying sizes across the world. He has spoken and engaged audiences in nearly one hundred countries.</p>