Nii Simmonds is the Founder and Executive Director of the Diaspora Country Index (DCI). Nii has held managerial and profit-and-loss-statement roles for Fortune 500 firms including companies in the pharmaceutical, biotech, consumer product, and strategy consulting industries. Additionally, he advises and provides thought leadership on emerging technologies such as robotics, automation, additive manufacturing, and artificial intelligence, analyzing their impact on society for innovation and policy, while accelerating impactful solutions to challenges. Nii has worked for World Bank Group, International Finance Corporation, and African Development Bank, providing consultation in the areas of private-sector development, diaspora engagement, financial inclusion, and agribusiness. He developed a diaspora engagement program at the World Bank Group with the goal of incentivizing professionals in the African diaspora to contribute both human and financial resources to early-stage enterprises for job creation in Africa.