Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Nigerian economist
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| November 2024 | Reappointed to serve a second term as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). |
| June 2024 | Received an honorary degree from the University of Oxford |
| 2023 | Honored with the Carnegie Corporation of New York's Great Immigrant Award |
| 2023 | Received the Grand Cross of the Order of Rio Branco from Brazil |
| 2022 | Received Nigeria's second highest national honor, Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) |
| January 2022 | Joined The Group of Thirty (G30), an independent body of distinguished global policymakers. |
| July 2021 | Joined the Multilateral Leaders Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccines, Therapeutics, and Diagnostics for Developing Countries. |
| March 2021 | Became the first woman and first African to serve as Director-General of the World Trade Organization. |
| March 1 2021 | Began her tenure as Director-General of the WTO. |
| February 2021 | Stepped down from Twitter Board of Directors in preparation for her WTO role. |
| February 15 2021 | Unanimously appointed as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). |
| February 5 2021 | Yoo Myung-hee withdrew from the WTO Director-General race, paving the way for Okonjo-Iweala's candidacy. |
| 2020 | Named African of the Year by Forbes Africa |
| 2020 | Became a Member of the High-Level Group of Personalities on Africa-Europe Relations for the Africa Europe Foundation (AEF). |
| 2020 | Became a Member of the Mission Committee at Danone, a multinational food corporation. |
| 2020 | Concluded her term as Chair of the Board of GAVI |
| June 2020 | Nominated by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari as the country's candidate for World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General. |
| 2019 | Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 2019 | Joined the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. |
| 2019 | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala became a US citizen after spending several decades working and studying in the United States. |
| 2019 | Joined UNESCO's International Commission on the Futures of Education and the High-Level Council on Leadership & Management for Development of the Aspen Management Partnership for Health (AMP Health). |
| 2018 | Became a Member of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum Advisory Board. |
| 2018 | Joined the Board of Directors at Twitter, contributing to the leadership of the social media platform. |
| 2017 | Appointed as an Independent Non-executive Member of the Board of Directors at Standard Chartered bank. |
| 2017 | Became a member of the Eminent Persons Group on Global Financial Governance, established by the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors. |
| 2016 | Became a Member of the International Advisory Panel for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank |
| 2016 | Began serving as Chair of the Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, a position she held until 2020. |
| 2015 | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala became a Senior Advisor at Lazard, a global financial advisory and asset management firm. |
| 2015 | Concluded her second term as Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors for the African Development Bank |
| 2015 | Became a member of the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity, chaired by Gordon Brown. |
| 2014 | Received the David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award |
| 2014 | Joined the Board of Directors for Results for Development (R4D) and became a Member of the Women's World Banking Africa Advisory Council. |
| 2013 | Became a Member of The B Team. |
| 2011 | Received the Global Leadership Award from Chicago Council on Global Affairs |
| 2011 | Resumed serving as Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors for the African Development Bank and Member of the International Monetary and Finance Committee |
| 2011 | Second term as Finance Minister of Nigeria under President Goodluck Jonathan begins, serving until 2015. |
| 2010 | Received the Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award |
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