Stephen Ambore

Dr. Stephen Ambore is the Policy Director, Africa. Stephen brings over two decades of experience in financial inclusion, digital financial services, policy, and project management across public and private sector institutions. Before joining Women’s World Banking, he served as Technical Lead for Economic and Financial Inclusion in the Office of the Vice President of Nigeria, where he played a key role in shaping national frameworks that drives inclusive growth. Prior to that, he held several leadership roles at the Central Bank of Nigeria, including Head of Financial Inclusion and Digital Financial Services. Stephen chaired the Digital Financial Working Group for the Alliance for Financial inclusion where he had the opportunity to influence financial inclusion and digital financial services policies in over 68 low- and middle-income countries.

Stephen brings governance experience as a member of the Presidential Committee on Economic and Financial Inclusion in Nigeria and a board member of a leading fintech firm.

Stephen holds a PhD in Cybersecurity from Bournemouth University, UK where he researched Usable Security for Mobile Financial Services. He also holds an MBA from Bangor University in the UK, and advance leadership qualifications in financial inclusion from Fletcher Business School and Harvard Business School in the US.