Uganda’s first female aeronautical engineer, Winnie Byanyima became executive director of Oxfam International in April.
Prior to taking up her current role, she served as director of the U.N. Development Program’s gender team and previously headed the African Union’s Directorate of Women, Gender and Development.
As an engineer, Byanyima is used to working in the “paradigm of optimization” and is adamant that a new roadmap will help make the organization both more efficient and effective. Indeed, she is confident that, under her stewardship, the implementation of a series of reforms will help the international NGO in its work to support active citizenship, fight poverty and tackle inequality.