Fasil Amdetsion is an Ethiopian lawyer with expertise in international law and international affairs. He has worked as an attorney at the New York law firm of Wachtell Lipton, and as senior policy and international legal adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ethiopia. He has spoken or authored pieces on international law and the Nile, international affairs, education and development in Africa, and modern African history. He is currently a Board member of Seeds of Africa and Jazzreach. He was previously a member of the Board of the African Services Committee. He is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School.