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Founding members

Founding members

ACOUETEY, Didier

President of AFRISEARCH

TOGO

BANNY, Charles KONAN

Chairman of the Dialogue Truth Reconciliation Commission / Former Prime Minister

IVORY COAST

BENDJO, Noel

Mayor of the Plateau commune, PCA of SIR

COTE D’IVOIRE

BILLON, Jean Louis

Former President of the Côte d’Ivoire Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Minister of Commerce of Côte d’Ivoire

IVORY COAST

BIO TCHANE, Abdoulaye

President of the African Guarantee Fund, Former President of BOAD

BENIN

BOUQUET, Christian

Professor emeritus

FRANCE

BRIZOUA-BI, Michel

Legal counsel

IVORY COAST

CISSE, Soumaïla

Former President of the WAEMU Commission

MALI

COTE, Elizabeth

Resident Representative International Foundation for Election Systems IFES

GUINEA

COULIBALY, Mamadou

Chairman Groupe Kledu, Vice Chairman of the Patronat Malien

MALI

DEBRAT, Jean Michel

Director AFD South Africa

FRANCE

DERREUMAUX, Paul

Former CEO BOA

MALI

DIAGNE, Souleymane Bachir

Philosopher, Professor Columbia University

SENEGAL

DIAGOU, Jean Kacou

Chairman NSIA

IVORY COAST

DIALLO, Boubacar

General Manager of PUBLISEN

SENEGAL

DIAWARA, Lassiné

President MABUCIG, Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce BURKINA

BURKINA FASO

DIOUF, Mamadou

Historian, Professor Columbia University, Directer Institute of African studies

SENEGAL

DJEDJE, Pierre

Legal counsel

IVORY COAST

DJONDO, Gervais Koffi

President ASKY Airlines

TOGO

DO REGO, Laurence

Group Executive Vice President, Finance and Risks ECOBANK

TOGO

EKPE, Arnold

Former CEO of ECOBANK Group

NIGERIA

ETOUNGA-MANGUELLE, Daniel

Chairman of CENI, Former Minister of State

GUINEA

GOMES, Paulo

Chairman CONSTELOR

GUINEA BISSAU

GUERRE, Olivier

Consultant

FRANCE

HUGON, Philippe

Professor University of Paris-Ouest – Nanterre

FRANCE

ITOUA, Yannick

Advisor to Bryan Garnier & co

CONGO

KANE, Amadou

Minister of the Economy of Senegal

SENEGAL

KIE, Charles

Head of Corporate Banking Ecobank

COTE D’IVOIRE

KOFFI, Leon

Chairman AFG Central and East Africa

IVORY COAST

KONAN PAYNE , Anne-Marie

Director CICG

IVORY COAST

KONATE, Ismaila

Associate Lawyer Jurifis Consult

MALI

KONE, Dossongui

Chairman GROUPE ATLANTIQUE

IVORY COAST

LEGUENNOU-REMARCK, Françoise

Director of corporate relations and communications, Canal+ Afrique

IVORY COAST

LOUM, Lamine

Former Prime Minister of Senegal

SENEGAL

MALLOUM, Ibrahima

Director Textile industry in Chad

CHAD

MELLERIO, Olivier

Founder of L’Institut ASPEN France

FRANCE

MISSAINHOUN, Joël-Eric

Managing PARTNER AFRICSEARCH-CI

IVORY COAST

MUKETE, Ekoko

Vice-President of the Cameroon Chamber of Commerce

CAMEROON

NDIAYE, Alioune Ifra

Director, BlonBa

MALI

NEMBELISSINI-SILUE, Victor J.

Director of AFREXIMBANK, Former CEO of BNI

IVORY COAST

ONIKEKU, Qudus

Dancer-choreographer Nigeria

NIGER

OUANE, Habib

Former Energy Minister of Mali

MALI

OUEDRAOGO, Ablassé

Director ZOODO International – Former Minister and Director of the WTO

BURKINA FASO

OULD ABDALLAH, Ahmedou

Former Special Representative of the SG of the United Nations

MAURITANIA

PARA DIALLO, Moussa

President of CNOPG – Guinea

GUINEA

PEYROU, Pascal

Managing Director SOPAT

FRANCE

POUT, Christian

DG of ECAM, diplomat

CAMEROON

SEVAISTRE, Patrick

Associate Director Partnerships and Strategies

FRANCE

SONKO, André

Consultant – Former Minister of Education of Senegal

SENEGAL

STOUDMANN, Gerard

Special Representative to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe

FRANCE

SY SAVANE, Ibrahim

President of the Haute Autorité de la Communication Audiovisieulle, Former Minister of Communication

IVORY COAST

TALL, Madani

Former special advisor to President ATT, President of Avenir Développement pour le Mali

MALI

THIAM, Abdel Aziz

Managing Director NECOTRANS, former Ivorian Minister of Transport

FRANCE

TRAORE, Néné

MPDI Consultant – Former General Manager MCA-Mali

MALI

WANKOYE, Boureima

President of the Agro-Alimentaire Group in Niger

NIGER

YOMAN, Ginette-Ursule

Consultant, Former Secretary of State for Good Governance

IVORY COAST