Sunday Atobatele

Sunday Atobatele is a Principal and the Director of Sydani Fellowship Programme. A senior management consultant and seasoned public health professional, Sunday leads Sydani’s work across data analytics, health financing, and vaccine logistics and supply chain management. Passionate about the use of advanced data analytics for action, Sunday is responsible for Sydani’s work in operational research and drives the firm’s support to the government and partners in developing the culture of, and capacity for transforming and modelling data for strategic decision making at all levels. In his role as Sydani’s lead data expert, Sunday has led the development of a financial model and 5-year national investment strategy for transitioning polio investments to the Government of Nigeria and also worked as part of a consortium to develop and cost a 5-year strategy for sustaining and institutionalizing Social Investments in Nigeria for the office of the Vice President of Nigeria. In his health financing role, Sunday leads Sydani’s R4D-funded work in providing support to the Government of Nigeria to operationalize its Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) across both the demand (NHIS) and supply (NPHCDA) sides.