Yemi Benedict-Vatel

Yemi Benedict-Vatel is the Director at NEW 42ND STREET INC. Prior to their current position, they were a Trustee at The Franklin Lakes School District from January 2014 to December 2017. Benedict-Vatel has also worked with JPMorgan in various capacities from January 2000 to December 2005, most recently as a Senior Associate in Global Strategy. In this role, they served as the COO of Global Strategy Group and was responsible for managing multiple projects in Europe, Latin America, and the U.S. Benedict-Vatel has also worked with JPMorgan Private Bank as a Program Officer in Private Client Philanthropy, where they were responsible for guiding private client foundations’ grant-making to nonprofit institutions and managing fiduciary requirements.

Yemi Benedict-Vatel has a MPhil in Modern Middle East Studies from The University of Oxford and a Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies from Brown University.