Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE was sworn in as mayor in May 2018, with a commitment to transform Freetown using an inclusive, data-driven approach to address challenges in the city. The three-year Transform Freetown plan details 19 concrete targets across 11 sectors, with community-owned climate action initiatives to facilitate job creation and improve living standards at its heart. A finance professional with over 25 years of private-sector experience, her public-sector engagement began with her work during the Ebola epidemic in 2014. She is a chartered accountant with an M.Sc. in politics of the world economy and a B.Sc. in economics.