Chris Bradford

Founder & Vice President, African Leadership Academy

Chris brings a unique hybrid background in education and business to his role as Chief Operating Officer of African Leadership Academy. An experienced teacher, Chris spent two years as a Peter Ling Teaching Fellow at Oundle School, one of the largest coeducational boarding schools in the United Kingdom. At Oundle, Chris taught GCSE science and A-level economics courses and counselled students interested in attending universities in the USA. His former students went on to study at universities including Oxford, Cambridge, Stanford, Dartmouth, and the London School of Economics. In addition, Chris has worked with The Broad Foundation, one of the leading educational foundations in the United States.

Chris also brings corporate and entrepreneurial experience to African Leadership Academy. He worked in brand management with the Procter and Gamble Company and as a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group in Chicago. In Africa, Chris helped launch the Summer Academy at Cape Town in 2004 by leading concept testing, curriculum development, and marketing plan development. He later taught in and directed the program.

Chris has a BA degree summa cum laude from Yale University, an MA in Education Administration from Stanford University, and an MBA from Stanford University. At Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, Chris was named one of five Siebel Scholars in recognition of his academic excellence and extracurricular leadership.