Dr. Oyakhi Ibhagui is a strategist at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) working in the area of fixed income, derivatives, and cross-asset strategies. He is passionate about mentoring the next generation of academics and professionals. In pursuance of this passion, he is currently a graduate school prep mentor at MT Scholarship, and an active senior research fellow at Baum Tenpers where he mentors upcoming research students, coordinates a team of volunteers that teach Ph.D. prep courses, and sources funds to finance students’ graduate school application fees and standardized tests.

Dr. Oyakhi holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Kent. He is an amateur actor and a table tennis player. In 2010, he won the AIMS Table Tennis Championship in Cape Town (gold in both singles and doubles) and has featured in several on stage plays, mostly in the UK. He also does research as a hobby and has published in professional and academic journals on topics in macro finance, international finance, and financial markets. His website is https://sites.google.com/view/oyakhilomeibhagui/home