Dr. Ako Ufodike is an Assistant Professor in auditing and data analytics at York University. He is also appointed to the graduate program in Public Policy, Administration, and Law. Prior to academia, he spent 25 years as a finance executive including CFO and COO roles. He is a director of Reconciliation Energy Transition Inc., an organization focused on Carbon Capture in a partnership between the First Nations and IOCs. Dr. Ufodike sits on Alberta’s Provincial Audit Committee and the Senate of the University of Calgary. He is founder of the John Ware Institute – an organization that develops BIPOC directors to serve on corporate boards.