Managing Director

• Jan 2023 - Present

- Capital equity- Seed funding- Project management : financial inclusion, SME financing, support and training

Deputy Managing Director

• Sep 2022 - Dec 2022

• Offered minority equity or quasi-equity investments, seed financing and technical assistance to SMEs.• Built and participated in a network of national, African and international SMEs and partners.

Off-site Bank Supervisor

• Apr 2017 - Jul 2022

• Managed a bank portfolio of 19 banks, assessing their financial statements and ratios in line with the principles of the region’s banking regulation and the Basel committee principles, their governance and their strategy. • Prepared and submitted decision making to the Banking Commission every quarter.• Organized colleges of supervisors for cross-border banking groups.• Worked with partners such as IMF, supervisors accross Africa, Bank CEOs and teams on diverse issues

Risk Analyst and Project Manager

• Nov 2012 - Mar 2017

• Designed and led market research projects to identify barriers to SMEs access to funding and develop measures to overcome them. • Assessed the adequacy of public/private projects in various areas with a strong focus on infrastructure with the strategy and objectives of the West African Development Bank (BOAD). • Evaluated the requests of the Security and Exchange Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) and BOAD. • Designed and implemented new regulations in partnership with the Security and Exchange Commission to develop private equity in the region. • Researched and recommended innovative approaches such as Islamic finance and public-private partnership to finance the economic development of the UEMOA countries. Show less

Head Public Sector

• May 2012 - Jul 2012

Financial Analyst

• 2006 - 2012

• Managed various types of clients including retail banking, SME banking, and corporate customers. • Handled various requests: loans, guarantees, waivers, restructuring, annual supervision, monitoring, reporting, Leverage Buy Out (LBO,) Initial Public Offering (IPO) ... • Analyzed historical and projected financial statements including credit scoring, ratings, or risk management and prepared periodic reports. • Conducted non-financial analysis • Coordinated the requests of multinational clients across their countries of operations in liaison with Bank colleagues. • Assessed issues and recommended remedial actions or additional guarantees where necessary. Show less