With over 13 years dedicated to various roles within the African Leadership Group (ALG), Veda Sunassee has been instrumental in shaping the group since joining the African Leadership Academy in 2010. A true educator at heart, he played a key role in developing the leadership model integral to ALG’s mission of cultivating 3 million African leaders by 2035. Sunassee’s impactful journey includes being part of the founding team of the African Leadership College (ALC) in Mauritius in 2015 and later serving as the Founding Dean of the African Leadership University (ALU) in Rwanda from 2017 to 2019. Currently, as CEO of ALC and ALU, he oversees operations on both the Mauritius and Rwanda campuses, steering the institution's ambitious five-year strategy to evolve into a "distributed university" globally. Beyond his executive role, Sunassee is recognized internationally as an accomplished moderator. In 2020, he co-founded a boutique leadership consulting firm, NiaDelta. Sunassee is a Princeton University graduate, and was selected among the inaugural Obama Leaders in 2018.