Ozioma Egwuonwu

Ozioma Egwuonwu is an internationally celebrated speaker, consultant, coach, and expert in Transformational Strategy and Systems Change, and the Founder and Chief Strategic Transformation Officer of BurnBright International, a transformational training, coaching, and consulting company dedicated to elevating consciousness, expanding awareness, and activating human potential. As a strategic advisor, Ozioma works with a diverse range of clients — including governments, Fortune 100 companies, nonprofits, educational institutions, startups, and individual leadership development clients — to reimagine possibilities, ignite action, and achieve breakthrough results. Before launching her consultancy, she served as Vice President across Strategic Planning, Cultural Strategy, Cultural Insight, and Innovation at several internationally recognized advertising and marketing agencies, leading work for iconic brands in the portfolios of Procter & Gamble, General Mills, Verizon, Ford Motor Company, Walmart, Target, Nestlé, and many others. A sought-after global keynote speaker, Ozioma has taken the stage at the United Nations, TEDx, SXSW, Web Summit, and within the SingularityU Expert Faculty network, and has lectured at prestigious institutions including Oxford University and Columbia University, where she served as a faculty member. She has appeared on NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, and MSNBC, and has contributed thought leadership to The Huffington Post, Thrive Global, and UN Magazine. In 2012, Ozioma founded World Dream Day, celebrated annually on September 25th as the world's first global holiday dedicated to activating ideas, goals, and dreams — a movement that reached an estimated audience of over one billion people in 2024.