Ayo Owodunni

Ayo Owodunni is a city councillor and management consultant who brings over 10 years of experience in coaching, training and strategic direction to enterprise level clients looking to achieve big-picture goals while also focusing on diversity and inclusion. His approach combines expertise, personal stories and humor-all intended to break barriers and facilitate communication. Ayo has had a chance to work with renowned companies such as Spotify, Canada Life, Microsoft, CBC, Thomson Reuters, CIBC, TMX Group and Hydro One, to name a few. Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, Ayo also shares his immigrant experience and helpful advice through radio segments on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and CityNews Kitchener.
Ayo teaches Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation at Conestoga College in Kitchener. He is the co-author of the book Values, Culture, Period - Redefining the Value of Values to Drive Business Results. The Book is available on amazon.ca.
Ayo holds an MBA in entrepreneurship (University of Waterloo) and a diploma in Adult Education (George Brown College) and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (George Brown College). He serves on several organization boards, including immigrantnetworks.com, KW Multicultural Center, Leadership Waterloo Region, Expedier.co, and Emergency Response Africa.