How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

09 Jun 2020

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

Re: Ndidi Nwuneli (MBA 1999); Mezuo Nwuneli (MBA 2003); Howard H. Stevenson (Sarofim-Rock Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus)

Topics: Health-Health Pandemics Finance-Investment Food and Beverage-Food

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In a recent post for HBS Working Knowledge, Howard Stevenson, Sarofim-Rock Professor Emeritus, and Shirley Spence, writer, educator and former partner at Oliver Wyman, detail how organizations led by HBS alumni are responding to the pandemic.

Part of a research series following up on issues and stories presented in their book, Problem Solving: HBS Alumni Making a Difference in the World, the piece highlights efforts led by alumni in West Africa, Australia, and the US. Among those featured are recent Class Day speakers Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (MBA 1999) and Mezuo Nwuneli (HBS MBA 2003), who manage a food distribution company and an agricultural investment fund. “Many global experts have underscored that this pandemic is a 12-18 month battle and that we can expect future pandemics and shocks related to climate change and other crises,” Ndidi Nwuneli says in the piece. “There is an urgent need to transform and strengthen our food ecosystems.”