Aggrey Ambali, PhD; FAAS, is serving as a Senior Policy Advisor at the Institute on Ethics and Policy for Innovation (IEPI), McMaster University.

He previously served in several positions at the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) including Senior Advisor on Science, Technology and Innovation; Supervisor of the Technical Cooperation and Program Fund Directorate; Director of the Policy Alignment and Program Development, Head of Science, Technology and Innovation Hub (NSTIH) where he led the   development, resource mobilization and implementation of programs in health, education and science and technology.

Aggrey Ambali has been a senior leader in agenda setting and strategy development in science, technology and innovation at the African Union level. He coordinated the development of the African Union Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa 2014-2024 (STISA 2024); collaborated in the operationalization of key programmes in Africa, including the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA); Grand Challenges Africa; Africa Integrated Vector Management (Africa-IVM); African Medicines Agency (AMA); and regional harmonization and capacity strengthening of regulatory systems in agriculture and health. He coordinated three high level science panels at the African Union level namely, the African Union High Level Panel on Emerging Technologies (APET) from 2016 to 2020; African Union High Level Panel on Science, Technology and Innovation from 2012 to 2014; and African Union High Level Panel on Modern Biotechnology from 2005 to 2007. Prior to joining the African Union, Aggrey Ambali served as a Professor of Biology at the University of Malawi.

He holds a PhD in Biological Sciences (Population Genetics) from Dalhousie University and is a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.