Tewodros Ashenafi (Amharic: ቴዎድሮስ አሸናፊ; born 26 August 1969) is an Ethiopian entrepreneur.

Ashenafi attended the Owner Management Programme (OPM) at Harvard Business School.

[6] Prior to founding SouthWest Energy in 2005,[7] Ashenafi carried out international political and economic consulting work advising large international companies and pension funds about investment conditions in emerging markets, mainly in Latin America and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

[9] Ashenafi is on the board of directors of EastWest Institute, a New York-based security think tank.

Ashenafi is also on the advisory board of the Centre for International Relations and Sustainable Development, a public policy think-tank based in Belgrade and New York.