Sara Leedom

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Sara Leedom (she/her) is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of INKOMOKO, a social enterprise focused on financial inclusion for entrepreneurs, mostly refugees, across Africa. With staff in 30 offices in Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Chad, Sara is responsible for the company’s operations, as well as Inkomoko’s HR, IT, Finance, and legal functions as the organization grows to impact nearly 8M people by 2030.

Sara has 25 years of experience growing and managing social impact organizations — prior to Inkomoko, Sara was a Shell Foundation consultant to IntelleGrow, a social impact debt fund in Mumbai, was a consultant to nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area, and served as Director of Strategy for the Level Playing Field Institute in California. She has worked in the areas of affordable housing development, sexual and reproductive health, and racial and economic justice.

Sara has an MBA from Oxford’s Said Business School, a BA in African Literature, and is an Echoing Green Fellow. She’s also a beekeeper, based in Kigali, Rwanda.