Nii Simmonds is a senior advisor with a deep understanding of Emerging and Frontier Markets, Emerging Technologies, Supply Chains, and Innovation Commercialization. His valuable insights shed light on the crucial roles these factors play in trade, competitiveness, national security interests, and societal impacts. Nii's expertise lies in examining the influence of science, technology, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, critical minerals, and more on various aspects such as trade, national security, sovereignty, geopolitics, and innovation.
Nii brings a wealth of experience to GGI, having held previous management and P&L responsibilities at Fortune 500 companies. Throughout his career, he has successfully developed new products and initiatives for a diverse range of industries, as well as being recognized as a thought leader in the field. Nii's expertise has resulted in pioneering supply chain supplier programs that integrate disruptive and innovative solutions from original equipment manufacturers (OEM) suppliers in frontier and emerging markets into global supply chains. He has worked and consulted for The World Bank Group, African Development Bank (AfDB), US State Department, and European Commission (EC) on private sector and economic development projects in various frontier and emerging markets.