A recent Waterloo Engineering graduate is now a local politician after winning a council seat for the City of Kitchener.
Ayo Owodunni, who graduated from the Master of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology program in 2021, topped a field of five candidates Monday to become the councillor for ward five on the 11-member council.
Ayo Owodunni, a graduate of the MBET program at Waterloo Engineering, is a new member of Kitchener council after winning a ward seat.
A senior manager at Black Professionals in Tech, Owodunni has been involved with numerous community organizations since coming to Canada several years ago.
His wife, Folake Owodunni, the CEO and co-founder of startup company Emergency Response Africa, which is working to improve healthcare access in Africa, is also an alumnus of the MBET program at Waterloo.