Chinwe Esimai

Forbes Contributor | Award-Winning Lawyer | Speaker | Citi Chief Anti-Bribery Officer
Chinwe
Esimai

Related Speakers

Chinwe EsimaiRequest Fee & Availability
Add to My Speakers List
Remove from My List

AVAILABLE FOR

Keynote
Virtual Presentation
Webinar
Workshop & Training

Fee ranges

Domestic In-Person (USA):

$10,001 - $15,000*

International In-Person:

$15,000 - $25,000*

Virtual:

$5,000 - $10,000*

Other:

* Ranges are presented as a guideline only. Speaker fees vary by engagement type and are subject to change without notice. For an exact quote, please contact Gravity Speakers.

Traveling from

New York, New York, USA

About

Chinwe Esimai is a multiple award-winning Harvard-trained lawyer, trailblazing corporate executive, author, and keynote speaker. She is President & CEO of Scepter3 Global Advisors, a strategic risk management advisory firm. She was previously Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer for Legacy Franchises at Citigroup, Inc. In that role, she oversaw the regulatory and compliance aspects of Citi's divestiture of consumer banking businesses around the globe.

Prior to that, she was Chief Anti-Bribery & Corruption Officer at Citi. As the first to hold this title in Citi's history, she is a visionary executive who has overseen the effective implementation of significant enterprise-wide controls, covering over 200,000 employees and over 160 countries where Citi does  business.

Chinwe spent five years at Goldman Sachs in various regulatory risk management roles, and also  served as a law professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, where she taught Securities Regulation, Law & Finance in Emerging Markets, and Business Law. She began her career as a  corporate associate at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP.

Chinwe has received numerous awards, including: American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in  Banking; Crain’s New York Business Notable Diverse Leaders in Banking & Finance; Most Powerful  Africans Shaping the Future of Africa; Trailblazer of the Year; Corporate Leadership Award; Mark of Excellence; and Elite 100 Women Changing the Face of Corporate America.

Chinwe is passionate about helping women leaders unlock their genius and live with joy, impact, and fulfillment. She is the author of Brilliance Beyond Borders (Harper Horizon 2022, an inspiring book that highlights 17 trailblazing women leaders from around the world, and provides an actionable blueprint for women leaders). She is the host of the Brilliance Beyond Borders podcast.

She is President of the Fabian Osuji Family Foundation. She also serves on the Board of National Sawdust. She is Charter President of Rotary E-Club of New Horizon. She is an executive council member of the Ellevate Network, and is a member of Apollo Theater’s EmpowHer (a group of women leaders driving a variety of the theater’s strategic empowerment initiatives). She served as Chair of the Harambee USA Foundation board from 2014-2020. She is a member of Black Women on Boards and the Women Inspiration Enterprise (WIE) Suite.

Chinwe’s leadership insights have been featured in leading publications, including Forbes, Thrive  Global, Black Enterprise, Medium, and Knowledge@Wharton. She has spoken and delivered keynotes  to prestigious audiences, including Time100, Harvard Business School, SXSW, Essence Festival of Culture, Forbes Power Women’s Summit, and the Female Quotient. She has been featured on Fox 5 and has spoken three times at the United Nations. She has been featured on ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX.

She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in political science, summa cum laude, from The City College of New York and a juris doctor from Harvard Law School. She lives in Sparta, New Jersey with her husband and three children.

Read more...
Read less...

Topics

Topics

Leadership Lessons From Remarkable Immigrant Women Leaders: What All Leaders Can Learn

Unlocking Your Genius: How to Chart an Innovative Career

Five Steps To Mastering Your Habits

Developing A Winning Mindset

Future of Finance

Fintech and Crypto Regulation

Intersection of Finance and Innovation

Role of AI in Financial Services and Financial Regulation

Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h3nrQUlZxg
Chinwe Esimai at Accelerate Women's Executive Summit 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp6vMglFdo0
Realize the Gift You’ve Been Given Keynote - Chinwe Esimai - 2024 GIVEN Forum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNMIK2TAzy0
Chinwe Esimai, Pillars of Life & Career Architecture
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QLHYlC8jdTXk8v6YCsvi1ditQ39DiVZz/view?usp=drive_linkhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1QLHYlC8jdTXk8v6YCsvi1ditQ39DiVZz/view?usp=drive_link
Africa's Global Ambassadors was delivered as part of UIU Talk A Conversation with Igbo Trailblazers to a group of 1,000 professional
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11z-R9qzEiNPxzsnR3Gz3-T0B5anRfOO1/view?usp=drive_linkhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/11z-R9qzEiNPxzsnR3Gz3-T0B5anRfOO1/view?usp=drive_link
Chinwe’s Acceptance Remarks At The Face List Awards Gala, Where She Received The Corporate Leadership Award

Books / Movies As an Amazon Associate, Gravity earns from qualifying purchases.

Testimonials

"Chinwe's art of storytelling, is the one that is truly refreshing. A powerful message of female empowerment, that reaches beyond borders and skillfully pulls you in from start to finish."

Dustin Plantholt, Editor & Founder
Forbes Monaco, LifesTough.com

"Brilliance Beyond Borders is relevant, pertinent, and necessary. Chinwe Esimai is a tour de force and her immigrant experience is no doubt what fueled many of the decisions and choices she has made."

Elizabeth Bellak, co-author
International Bestseller, Renia's Diary: A Holocaust Journal

"Chinwe is captivating. As an immigrant, I resonated with her message. We are all magical and powerful regardless of where you come from."

Toni Ko, Korean-American businesswoman and founder
NYX Cosmetics