Noel is an award-winning special education expert and social entrepreneur with a specific interest in empowering youth and diverse populations, and supporting children with learning differences and emotional disabilities. With over 12 years of experience in nonprofit management, Noel has extensive executive experience in youth development, civic engagement, education, climate change, social justice and in leading teams built for purpose. 

As founder and CEO of Hope for African Children, Noel is laser-focused on demanding systemic change by driving more support and fronting an amplified voice on issues affecting children with disabilities and girls’ education, health and well-being.

Noel is also the founder of Boys Champions, a women-and-youth-led nonprofit organization that partners with the UN Women and Nigeria’s Ministry of Gender and Women Affairs to build a more equitable world by bridging the equality divide and addressing all forms of violence against women and girls with specific emphasis on domestic and family violence, sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices. In 2022, Noel was named the first African to win the American Field Service (AFS) Award for Young Global Citizens at the AFS Youth Assembly in New York, for his work with Boys Champions.

Noel, who also supports Metro Nashville Public Schools in Nashville, Tennessee, as a Specialist, Trauma Informed Schools, is skilled at leading programs that drive sustainable impacts in communities. Noel holds a M.Ed in Special Education and Teaching from Vanderbilt University, USA, and a B.A. in Philosophy of Education from the Pontificia Universitas Urbaniana, Rome, Italy.

In his free time, Noel can always be found playing badminton or checking the new restaurant in the next street.