William Asiko is the Rockefeller Foundation’s Vice President for Africa, a role he has held since 2019, leading all of the Foundation’s work on the continent. He is an experienced tri-sector leader having worked in and attained leadership positions in the public, private and philanthropic sectors. His experience and exposure in leadership, business, government engagement and regulatory management from both a public and private sector standpoint gives him a unique perspective across all sectors. His career started in the public sector working for the Government of Kenya as a State Counsel. He later joined the law firm of Hamilton Harrison and Mathews where he was a Partner. In the private sector William worked for The Coca-Cola Company.
In a career spanning 20 years his roles included Mergers and Acquisitions Counsel for Africa, Director of Corporate Affairs and finally, President of The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation, where he presided over the expansion of the Foundation’s programs to make it the largest Corporate Foundation by footprint in Africa.William holds an LL.B (Hons) from the University of Nairobi’s Law School and an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University in the United States. William is a non-practicing Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.