Parminder Vir OBE is a globally recognised leader and former CEO of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, where she led a $100 million programme supporting entrepreneurs across all 54 African countries. Her work has focused on building scalable systems that connect capital, innovation, and enterprise development. She now works to strengthen cross-border investment and entrepreneurship links between Africa, India, and the global diaspora, and is co-founding The African Fund, a digitally enabled investment community for the continent.