Victor Ajieroh is a public policy practitioner with over 20 years of progressive cross-sectoral experience in advancing the agriculture, food systems, public health and nutrition, and the broader human capital development agenda in Africa. He has worked with several organizations spanning government, the private sector, international research, development and philanthropy. He is the Lead Consultant and Founding Director of the Praisegate Services & Consult based in Lagos, Nigeria.

He has a Ph.D. from the Public Health Faculty of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and completed the Advanced Management & Leadership Program of the Said Business School, Oxford; and the Public Leadership and Policy Program of the School of Politics, Policy and Governance (SPPG), Abuja. He is a Fellow of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria and also holds the NESG Policy Innovation Center Fellowship of the Behavioral Insights Network for Transparency and Accountability (BiNTA).

Dr. Ajieroh has served in several senior policy advisory and program delivery roles in agriculture, food systems and nutrition in West Africa and the broader Africa region.  He has also served on the Advisory Group of the Welcome Trust funded Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems Initiative, and on the Steering Committee of the African Academy of Sciences on African Food and Nutrition Priorities.  He is a Resource Person to the African Economic Research Consortium and for several years, was part of a group of representatives supporting Eminent Members of the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition. He currently sits on the Boards of the World Vegetable Center, ATNi (Access to Nutrition initiative) and the Food Health Systems Advisory Africa.