Bunmi Makinwa (Yoruba: Bùnmi Mákínwá; born 1955) is the Chief Executive Officer of AUNIQUEI, a private entrepreneurial initiative in communication for leadership.
His career trajectory includes teaching, journalism, executive management and leadership, international development, freelance writer and author.
From 1987 to 2013, he was based in Senegal, the Republic of Congo, United States, Kenya, Switzerland, South Africa, Ethiopia and he worked in many countries across the world.
He later studied at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he obtained a Master of Public Administration in 1993 with a concentration in management and policy.
He is a former Chairman and member of the Advisory Board of the Division of Social and Behaviour Change Communications at Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa.