Funbi Ogunbawo, is a multifaceted creative industrialist with a core focus on African Cinema & Storytelling. She is the CEO and Executive producer of Fatherland Productions, leading its expansion Internationally. She combines business leadership, creative industry expertise, and financial acumen to elevate African storytelling on the global stage while maintaining authenticity and a strategy for long-term sustainability.

She began her career as a barrister and solicitor, but soon realised her heart was in storytelling and helping them be told.
As a Sundance award-winning producer, she has had the privilege of being a part of many exciting projects and platforms redefining the African Narrative. One of such was being part of Netflix’s UNESCO African Folktales Reimagined Short Film Competition as a panel judge as well as producing “LIZARD” the BAFTA nominated and Sundance Award Winning Short, the first in Nigeria. These experiences have strengthened her creative judgement and played a huge part in guiding Fatherland Productions to new heights, expanding its reach to a global scale.