Aster Angagaw
Aster Angagaw is the Founder and CEO of Astellara and a Fortune 500 operating executive with a career built running large, complex enterprises at scale.
At Amazon Business, she served as VP and GM with P&L responsibility exceeding $10B, overseeing teams across tech and non-tech functions serving enterprise customers across all US sectors.
At ServiceMaster Brands, as President, she transformed a $2.6B system-wide sales organization into a high-functioning, fast-growing, and profitable business, leading a successful $1.6B divestiture.
At Sodexo, as CEO of Healthcare North America, she held full P&L responsibility serving top-rated hospitals and children’s oncology centers across the US and Canada as a member of the Global Healthcare Executive Team.
She has served on the boards of Owens & Minor (NYSE: OMI) and Lucid Diagnostics (Nasdaq: LUCD). She holds an Executive MBA from Temple University, completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, and is the author of We Are So Much More.
Aster founded Astellara on a single conviction: the best advisory work is done by people who have run the businesses they are advising.
Honors & Awards
Aster has been repeatedly recognized for her leadership and influence by Savoy magazine and Black Enterprise, featuring on their lists of top executives, most powerful women, and influential leaders in corporate America. She also received the African-American History Commission’s Distinguished 400 Award, underscoring her enduring impact and commitment to excellence.