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Leadership Team

Fred Swaniker, Chief Executive Officer
Fred brings deep experience launching and managing private educational institutions of excellence in Africa. He is the founder of Summer Academy at Cape Town (now Global Leadership Adventures) and is a director of Mount Pleasant English Medium School, one of the top-performing private elementary schools in Botswana. He has also worked as a consultant with McKinsey and Company and on the founding team of Synexa Life Sciences. Fred has lived or worked in eight African countries. He has a BA from Macalester College and an MBA from Stanford University.
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Chris Bradford, Chief Operating Officer
Chris brings a unique hybrid background in education and business to ALA. An experienced teacher, Chris spent two years as a Teaching Fellow at Oundle School in the United Kingdom. Chris also worked in brand management with the Procter and Gamble Company and as a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. In Africa, Chris helped launch the Summer Academy at Cape Town and later directed the program. Chris has a BA degree from Yale University, an MA in Education Administration from Stanford University, and an MBA from Stanford University.
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Chris Khaemba, Inaugural Dean
Chris was previously Principal of Alliance Boys’ High School in Kenya, the highest performing school on Kenya’s secondary school examinations. A former military officer and physics teacher, Chris has served as a school leader for 12 years. Chris has received the Distinguished Service Medal from the President of Kenya for his excellence as a Principal and was named one of the “100 most influential Kenyans” in 2007. Chris holds diplomas from the Kenya Science Teachers’ Training College and the Military Defence College, and he has an MBA from the Kenyatta University School of Business.
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Anabel Argyle, Director of Operations
As the founding employee and Director of Operations at African Leadership Academy, Anabel has worked since 2005 to make the ALA dream a reality. Anabel manages all ALA website, financial, accounting, and legal issues and leads the development of the ALA campus on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Anabel joined ALA from DaimlerChrysler South Africa, where she worked as a vehicle logistics specialist. She has also worked as a supply chain consultant at Camelot IDPro. Anabel has a Master of Business Management degree from the University of Mannheim in Germany.