About Onome Ako
ONOME AKO is the CEO of Action Against Hunger Canada, a global humanitarian and development organization that combats hunger and its underlying causes. She has been named to the 2020 Canadian Women in Global Health list and received the 2021 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award. In 2022, she was honored as a Hero for Children by World Vision Canada and received their prestigious Voice for Children Award. In 2023 she received the prestigious RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award for her impact in Social Change. Onome is a board member of early childhood initiative Nigeria. Onome was born in Nigeria and lives in Toronto with her family.