Busie Matsiko

Kemi Ajumobi

February 24, 2026

Busie Matsiko
Global strategist and Board Trustee at Berkeley College

Busie Matsiko is a global strategist and Board Trustee at Berkeley College, a private for-profit college with campuses in New York, New Jersey, and online. She helps corporations, companies and recruiters looking to diversify boards and advices top tier CEO’s and C-Suite executives who could be great additions to boards.

Jason Mills, who spearheads a global team focused on advancing hybrid cloud data solutions for major enterprise, SVP Global Solution Engineering at Cloudera, had this to say about her. “Busie is the type of person everyone loves being around. She has an excellent balance of business acumen and people passion. Busie has organised for us fantastic and profitable connections through her network and events.”

Even Lassie Zia, MD and International Business Community Leader at Excellence Above Coaching said this about Busie. “Busie is a powerful global leader in pioneering, empowerment and social enterprise. With a high level of experience and knowledge in the international corporate finance and helping drive UN’s sustainable initiatives. Her passion is in helping African tech start-ups get off the ground through executive through her annual Africa Future Summit. I highly recommend Busie.”

Busie combines strategic C-level executive networking skills with her professional background in finance and business. Through the years, she has worked with established, top-tier financial firms and leading economic development organisations like Smith Barney, Citigroup, Citibank, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc, SEEDCO and SFS (leading National Economic Development Corporation with a micro-lending arm).

Currently, she offers executive business development and strategy guidance for global thought leaders and influencers, including event curation, celebrity outreach, healthcare advisory, philanthropy advisory, community outreach, diversity and inclusion advisory, and coaching consulting.

As Founder/CEO Pont Global, she represents, promotes and expands market opportunities locally and internationally by employing strategic planning, brand development and assessments of existing global markets. This includes full-cycle recruitment, head-hunting, and business development for high-caliber professionals among other responsibilities.

Furthermore, she is a Practice Administrator and Marketing Manager for New York Surgical Arts (Family Business), where she is responsible for organisational development and marketing strategy of a new cosmetic surgery practice, including establishing and maintaining clientele base, financial management, patient flow, and administrative policies. She also implemented electronic billing system to increase practice revenue by over 80% and profit margin by over 50% within 6 months of operation, and increased net income through ROI analysis of marketing budgets, business plan, and staff training. In addition, she created 90% budgetary savings through innovative staff restructuring that allowed for an increased clientele base without a resultant increase in staff volume.