JJ Enoch is a Nigerian-born associate at J.S. Held who possesses an in-depth understanding of geopolitics, focusing on relations between the African-US, Africa-Asia, and Africa-Middle East. JJ supports the team's work across the continent, with a particular focus on anglophone West Africa.
Before joining J.S. Held, JJ interned at Eurasia Group. He also worked at the West Africa Civil Society Institute in Accra, Ghana, supporting policy-influencing initiatives across all fifteen West African countries. Additionally, he worked at the Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation, where he helped build Nigeria's first-ever index that evaluates the performance of public institutions.
JJ holds an MSc in African Studies from the University of Oxford, where he was a scholar at St. Antony's College. He is also a qualified lawyer with a Bachelor of Law degree from Bowen University, Nigeria.