Our AECIT team comprises of reputable academic experts, industry leaders, and policy influencers.
Executive Director

Professor Dr. Stefan Schepers
Stefan Schepers is executive director of the independent tripartite High-Level Groups on Policy Innovation (www.highlevelgroup.eu), one of which is focusing on more inclusive and sustainable trade policy making and the partnership between the AU and EU. He is visiting professor at Henley Business School (Reading, UK) and a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
He was director general of the European Institute of Public Administration (Maastricht, NL) and chairman of EPPA (www.eppa.com). His work in recent years focused on policy innovation, governance modernization and European-African interdependence.
His recent publications are:
Revolutionising EU Innovation Policy, 2016 (co-editor Klaus Gretschmann), Innovation, Governance and Entrepreneurship in Middle Income Countries, 2017 (co-editor Sefer Sener).
Faculty
AECIT works with faculty from Henley Business Schools in Europe and Africa, and with invited faculty from other centres of research and learning in both continents. It invites experienced practitioners to share their knowledge from governance and business.
AEAC
Dr. Adeyinka Adewale

Lead faculty for entrepreneurship and capacity acceleration
Dr. Davide Castellani

Lead faculty for entrepreneurship and capacity acceleration
Dr. Andrew Godley

Dr Yemisi Bolade-Ogunfodun

Dr. Thami Mazwai

Research Assistant
Oladiran Oladesu
