Idee Inyangudor serves as a Senior Advisor to the Kyle House Group and as the Vice President of Global Partnerships for Wellington Advocacy, based in Ottawa, Canada.

Idee is a public policy expert with a focus on international cooperation, blended finance, and governance.  He works tirelessly to activate client portfolios for maximum impact in emerging and frontier markets and has successfully facilitated over $80 million in financing for development projects in Africa, Latin America and South East Asia. 

Prior to his private sector roles, Idee had a distinguished career in public service both at the provincial and federal levels of government. He served as the Director of Policy/Stakeholder Relations for the Office of the Minister of International Development, where he championed the harmonization of Canada’s global engagement instruments, leading to the amalgamation of the former Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT).  He was instrumental in shaping the implementation of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s $7.5 billion, G-7 initiative on maternal and newborn child health – Canada’s largest single-issue global development investment.

Other notable victories, Idee played a pivotal role in the creation of the following blended finance vehicles: FinDev CanadaCanada’s newest development finance institution, and Convergence the first and only platform to connect public and private investors looking to co-invest in blended finance deals in emerging and frontier markets. Idee was twice recognized as among the Top 100 influencing the Government of Canada’s foreign policy mix.