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Kevin Obi

Board Member

Kevin Obi is a business leader in the technology sector, currently working as an interim executive and senior adviser to Private Equity and Venture capital funds, as well as portfolio companies. He was MD for Growth at Worldremit (a venture capital backed Fintech unicorn in international payments), and before that the Global Chief Operating Officer of Hive, a subsidiary of Centrica focused on smarthomes and healthtech. Kevin has also held senior roles at Liberty Global,Weve, NBC Universal, Orange and Deloitte.

Kevin holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Leeds and an MBA from Cranfield. He is Chair and Founder of NIDSG, a charity that provides medical support to victims of Boko Haram in Africa. In 2020, Kevin was named by the Financial Times in the top 100 UK BAME executives in the UK tech sector.

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