Klau Pakos
Co-Founder and CEO
Klau Pakos is the co-founder and CEO of Lafiya. They bring close to a decade in global health and development, much of it in Nigeria. Klau was inspired to start Lafiya while supporting a female microbusiness programme in Kaduna and Katsina, where they saw the depth of the family planning gap.
Klau’s work sits at the intersection of research, operations and management consulting. They have led impact and digital projects for microfinance organisations in Latin America, and supported a Nigerian financial institution on growth and financing strategy. In the private sector, Klau built an expertise in procurement and supply chains, advising clients at Ayming UK to support some of the Fortune 500 companies in the US and Europe. This blend of field experience and consulting discipline shapes how they build teams, partner with government and manage delivery at scale.
Klau is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honouree, a Mulago Rainer Arnhold Fellow and a Senior Research Fellow at the Global Policy Institute. They are a graduate of the Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Programme. Klau holds an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford.