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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Jan 07, 2021
THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK APPOINTS DIRECTORS GENERAL AND DEPUTY DIRECTORS
GENERAL IN REGIONAL OFFICES
As Director General, Central Africa, Serge will drive and ensure the operational
efficiency, effectiveness and overall health of the Bank's portfolio across the
Central Africa Region
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, January 7, 2021/APO Group/ --
The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) is pleased to announce the
appointment of Directors General for the East, Central and Southern Africa
regions and Deputy Directors General for the East, Central, Northern, Southern
and West Africa regions.
Serge N’Guessan, Director General, Central Africa Region
As Director General, Central Africa, Serge will drive and ensure the operational
efficiency, effectiveness and overall health of the Bank's portfolio across the
Central Africa Region. He will also spearhead regional business development and
investment, driving resource mobilization across the countries under his remit
and growing the business of the Bank significantly.
Serge, a Canadian citizen, is a professional with over 30 years of experience in
international development and portfolio management, who has held important
representation roles within the Bank for almost 10 years.
Serge has been the Deputy Director General, West Africa, since September 2018,
where he built an effective and motivated team, working in the spirit of ¨One
Bank¨ and improved the work processes in the Regional Office. Serge has been
instrumental over the last 10 years in enhancing policy dialogue, socio-economic
reforms, resource mobilization and co-financing capacity, and aid coordination
and effectiveness by strengthening the Bank’s collaboration with its technical
and financial partners and with the private sector. Serge held the position of
Country Manager, Senegal Country Office, from October 2017 to August 2018. He
was previously Resident Representative for the Bank’s Office in Togo as of
October 2011. He successfully opened, in January 2012, the first Country Office
in Togo, a Fragile State, and he managed the operational functions of the Bank
in Togo and, since 2013, in Benin.
Serge joined the Bank in 2000 as Senior Architect/Implementation Specialist, in
the Human Development Department. He was subsequently assigned to the Governance
and Financial Management Department, where he held the positions of Principal
Procurement Specialist prior to his appointment as Chief Governance Specialist
in 2008.
Before joining the Bank, Serge managed the International Projects Division of
OMIRA Inc., a Canadian Company (1996-2000). Between 1992 and 1996, he was Chief
Project Manager of Dirigo Land & Livestock, an American Company based in Denver,
Colorado.
Commenting on his appointment, Serge said: “I am very pleased to be able to lead
the Bank's teams and activities in Central Africa (Cameroon, CAR, Congo, DRC,
Equatorial Guinea, Gabon,) to accelerate the implementation of the High 5 and
President Adesina's vision reiterated for his second mandate to effectively
transform the lives of people in this region in a positive and sustainable way
for the development of Africa.”
Serge holds a Ph.D. in Regional and Urban Planning from the Université de
Montréal (Canada), a Master of Architecture from the University of Colorado, of
Denver (USA), as well as a Diplôme d’Ingénieur de Génie Civil from École
Nationale Supérieure des Travaux Publics of Yamoussoukro (Côte d’Ivoire).
Commenting on the appointment, President Adesina said: “Serge is a seasoned
professional with a solid track record. His hands-on experience and his capacity
to deliver will be an asset in supporting transformation and integration in the
region.”
Nnenna Lily Nwabufo, Director General, East Africa Region
As Director General, East Africa, Nnenna will be responsible for leading and
advancing the Bank Group’s strategic objective of achieving significant and
transformational developmental impact in thirteen countries in East Africa by
ensuring operational efficiency, effectiveness and an overall healthy portfolio
in the region. Specifically, she will lead high-level dialogues at country and
regional levels and across Bank sector complexes as well as oversee the full
implementation and integration of all aspects of the Bank’s work in the region.
She will also spearhead regional business development and investment, and foster
resource mobilization efforts across the countries in the region to ensure
focused growth of the Bank’s sovereign and non-sovereign operations.
A Nigerian citizen, Nnenna is a versatile and seasoned executive with over 30
years’ professional experience in treasury and financial management, budget
programming, planning and performance management, human resource and corporate
services management, and country/regional operations.
Nnenna joined the Bank’s Treasury Department in 1991 where she worked at
different professional levels for over a decade. Subsequently, she took on
progressive management level responsibilities including, Manager in the General
Services and Procurement Department from March 2007, Director of Programming and
Budget Department in January 2013, Acting Director, Human Resource Management
Department and Acting Vice President for Corporate Services from May 2015 to May
2016. She was on a special assignment to lead the Bank’s Annual Meetings
preparation team from June 2016 until her appointment as Deputy Director
General, East Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office in
January 2017. She was appointed the Acting Director General for the region
effective 1st October 2019.
Before joining the African Development Bank in August 1991, Nnenna worked as a
Treasury Management Expert in two merchant banks in Nigeria rising to become the
Treasury Manager of one of them.
Commenting on her appointment, Nnenna said: “I am very pleased to be appointed
by President Adesina as the Director General for the Bank’s East Africa Regional
Development and Business Delivery Office and to support his vision for the
continent. I have no doubt that working together with all internal and external
stakeholders, we can make a difference and bring much needed development to East
African citizens.”
Nnenna holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of
Lagos, Nigeria and a Master of Business Administration from Henley Management
College, Henley on Thames, United Kingdom.
Commenting on the appointment, Dr. Adesina said: “I am delighted to appoint
Nnenna as the Director General for East Africa. Her vast experience and solid
track-record in strategic functions across the Bank attest to her capacity to
effectively lead the team to rise up to the development challenges and ensure
continued development impact to improve the lives of Africans in the East Africa
region.”
Leïla Farah Mokadem, Director General, Southern Africa Region
As Director General, Southern Africa, Leila will drive high-level dialogue and
Bank’s operations, ensuring the Bank operates efficiently, effectively and
successfully in the relevant countries, within the region. She will lead and
monitor adaptation to specific requirements of individual countries/operations
with greater efficiency, cost effectiveness and value addition in the use of
resources, with downstream gains for Regional Member Countries, and the private
sector in the Southern Africa Region.
Leila, a Tunisian national, is a seasoned professional in International Finance.
She has over 25 years of experience with multilateral development banks and
international institutions.
Leila joined the Bank in September 2002 and was appointed as Country Manager for
Morocco in 2017. Prior to this appointment, she was the Resident Representative
of the Bank in Egypt from 2014 to 2017 and Regional Resident Representative from
February 2010 to December 2013, based in Dakar, Senegal. In these capacities,
she successfully led the Bank’s strategic engagements and partnerships as well
as high-level dialogue and operations.
Prior to her assignments in country offices, Leila held the position of Manager,
Financial Institutions Division in the Bank’s Private Sector Department at
Headquarters, where she designed innovative financial solutions for Africa,
including the African SME Guarantee Fund, AfDB Trade Finance Initiative and the
Women in Business Initiative. Leila managed multibillion investment portfolios
in over 35 African countries, particularly in the private, infrastructure and
financial services sectors. Leila also served as Board member at the Ouest
African Development Bank (BOAD) and Advans Holding (Microfinance). She is
currently serving as alternate Board member of the Afreximbank.
Before Joining the Bank, Leila was long-term fiscal advisor to the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) from August 1996 to December 1999. She started her career at
the Ministry of Economy in Tunisia.
Commenting on her appointment, Leila said: “It’s a great opportunity to work
under the leadership of President Adesina, supporting his vision and the
implementation of Africa’s development agenda while strengthening the Bank’s
engagement in the Southern Africa Region.”
Leila holds a Diploma in Finance from the Institut des Hautes Etudes
Commerciales (HEC) of Carthage, Tunisia and a master’s degree in International
Trade from the Institute of High-level Management (Institut Supérieur de
Gestion), Tunisia.
Commenting on the appointment, Dr. Adesina said: “For my second term as
President of the African Development Bank, I have prioritized the support,
stabilization and strengthening of African economies to get back on a stronger
pathway of economic growth and resilience. Leila will support my vision and
drive to build a stronger development impact of Bank’s operations and advisory
support in Southern Africa Region. She is a highly respected professional, with
a solid track record in leading Bank’s strategic engagements in our Regional
Members Countries.”
Dr. Solomane Koné, Deputy Director General, Central Africa Region
Solomane, a national of Côte d’Ivoire, has been Acting Director General for the
Central Africa Region since January 2020, as well as Country Manager for the
African Development Bank’s Office in Cameroon. In these capacities, he was
involved in high-level strategic country and regional dialogue with different
stakeholders, governments, and other development partners, including
co-financing arrangements and donor coordination particularly in the context of
the Regional Economic and Financial Reform Program of the Economic and Monetary
Community of Central Africa (PREF-CEMAC). He helped to grow the Bank’s business
and supervise the performance of the portfolio in Cameroon, which is the largest
in Central Africa (35 operations for about USD 3.1 billion).
Solomane joined the Bank in January 2003 as a Country Economist in the Central
Africa Region, before moving to the West Africa Region and the Governance
Department. He later on held several senior and managerial positions such as
Lead Economist for the Regional Department East 2, from November 2009 - July
2012, Acting Regional Director for OREB from July 2012 - October 2013, Advisor
to the Vice-President Country and Regional Programs (ORVP) and Regional
Development, Integration and Business Delivery (RDVP) from November 2013 -
September 2017.
Prior to joining the Bank, Solomane had accumulated more than 10 years of
relevant research, strategic and policy analysis experience as a lead
consultant, researcher and policy analyst in various academic, national and
international institutions, including Cornell University Food and Nutrition
Policy Program, the Ivorian Center for Economic and Social Research, the ILO,
the OECD Development Centre, and the Central Bank of West African States
(BCEAO), where he was instrumental in developing forecasting, simulation and
econometric models to guide macroeconomic and monetary policy and regional
programs in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). He authored
and co-authored numerous publications and reports on regional development,
industrial policy, the impact of fiscal and monetary policy, the adequate level
of foreign reserves, as well as poverty analysis using Social Accounting Matrix.
He has also taught high-level macroeconomic policies, econometrics and
quantitative methods at West African Center for Banking and Financial Studies of
BCEAO and Cornell University.
> The African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of
> Directors General and Deputy Directors General
Commenting on his appointment, Solomane said: “I am honored by this mark of
confidence from President Adesina. I am determined to help provide the necessary
leadership on the ground for the delivery of his vision and ambition at this
critical time for our economies.”
Solomane holds a master’s degree in regional planning and a PhD in Development
Economics and Planning from Cornell University in the United States, obtained in
1990 and 1993 respectively.
Commenting on the appointment, President Adesina said: “Solomane is a seasoned
economist and well-respected professional, with a deep knowledge and experience
in developing and managing regional and country strategies and operations. His
experience as Country Manager and his track record in building partnerships and
providing leadership will be critical in the transformation agenda of the Bank
in the region.”
Dr. Abdul B. Kamara, Deputy Director General, East Africa Region
Abdul, a citizen of Sierra Leone, is currently the African Development Bank
Group’s Country Manager for the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Abdul is a development economist with over two decades of experience in
development policy research, development financing and policy work on Africa’s
economic transformation and development. He has worked as a joint Research
Associate of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in
Washington DC and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Addis
Ababa (1997–1999), and as Assistant Professor at the University of Göttingen,
Germany (1999–2000).
He joined the Bank in 2004 and has served as Senior Agricultural Economist
(2004–2007); as Manager of the Research Division (2007–2010), and for seven
years as Resident Representative for Sudan (2011–2017) where he was also
responsible for South Sudan until 2013. He was Assistant Secretary-General at
the United Nations for one year (2014–2015), serving as Deputy Joint Special
Representative of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in charge of the Darfur
Mission. In 2017, President Adesina appointed him as Country Manager for
Ethiopia, where he currently manages the Bank’s USD1.63 billion portfolio.
Commenting on his appointment, Abdul said: “I am delighted to take this
responsibility, entrusted in me by President Adesina, to serve as Deputy
Director General in a region I am very versed with, having served the Bank
effectively for the past 10 years in this region.”
Abdul holds a Bachelor of Science (Vordiplom) in Agriculture General and an MSc
(cum laude) in Agricultural Economics, both from the University of Hohenheim in
Stuttgart, Germany, and an award-winning PhD (cum laude) in Agricultural and
Development Economics from the University of Göttingen in Germany.
Commenting on the appointment, President Adesina said: “Abdul is a well-rounded
professional with valuable policy, research and operational experiences suitable
for this role. His in-depth knowledge of the region and solid track record of
superior field-level delivery and excellent managerial skills will help the Bank
accelerate delivery on its vision and mandate in East Africa.”
Malinne Blomberg, Deputy Director General, North Africa Region
Malinne, a Swedish citizen, is a seasoned finance professional with solid
experience in developing strategies, providing advisory services, and executing
operations for results in both the public and private sectors.
Malinne has over 15 years of experience in development finance, gained largely
from serving the Bank since 2008 when she joined the Water and Sanitation
Department as Financial Management Specialist and later was in charge of its
Division covering West and Central Africa. In-between she also worked in the
Agriculture and Agribusiness Department, focusing on climate finance. She brings
extensive hands-on experience from working across the continent including
fragile states, in terms of business development and dialogue, resources
mobilization, identifying and structuring innovative investment projects and
other initiatives, as well as promoting private sector participation with a
focus on infrastructure sectors.
Malinne is currently the Bank’s Country Manager for Egypt, where she has been
leading the Bank’s operations since 2017.
Before joining the Bank, Malinne worked for Arthur Andersen Business Consulting
in the UK and on assignments in other financial hubs of the world as Manager in
the Financial Services Industry up to 2001. From 2003 to 2007, Malinne served as
Financial and Institutional Advisor in the Government of Uganda, in the Ministry
of Water and Environment, supporting national efforts to strengthen
institutional effectiveness and fund utilization, and managing the ministry’s
multi-donor trust funds.
Commenting on her appointment, Malinne said: “I am very grateful for this
expanded mandate that allows me to deepen the Bank’s partnership with its
clients and expand operations across North Africa – a region with tremendous
opportunities that is undergoing fast-paced transformation.”
Malinne holds an MBA from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland and an MSc in Economic
and International Business from University of Linköping, Sweden.
Commenting on the appointment, Dr. Adesina said: “During my second term as
President of the African Development Bank, I will continue to strengthen the
Bank’s delivery on the ground, and to accelerate the socio-economic
transformation of our continent. Malinne brings the drive and experience from
both the public and private sectors, needed to bring together various
stakeholders to scale up our impact in North Africa. She is a highly respected
professional, with a solid track record in development finance.”
Kennedy K. Mbekeani, Deputy Director General, Southern Africa Region
Kennedy, a Malawian citizen, is a seasoned development economist with over 20
years of senior level country and regional experience in development finance,
project management, policy advisory services, and knowledge generation.
Kennedy joined the Bank in 2009 as Chief Trade and Regional Integration Officer.
He provided leadership in formulating the Bank’s trade assistance strategy to
regional economic communities and on policy research on international trade,
economic integration and development.
He was Lead Regional Economist (2012-2014) at the South African Resource Centre.
He later served as Officer in Charge and Acting Regional Director of the Bank’s
South African Resource Centre in South Africa (2014-2016) where he led the
largest syndicated A/B Loan arranged in Africa to-date. He was appointed Officer
in Charge of the African Development Bank’s Ghana Country Office in February
2017. In September 2017, African Development Bank President, Dr. Akinwumi A.
Adesina, appointed him as Country Manager, Uganda Country Office where he grew
the portfolio to over USD 2 billion.
Before joining the Bank, Kennedy worked for the UNDP as a Trade, Debt and
Globalisation Advisor for East and Southern Africa. Prior to that he worked as a
Senior Research Fellow at the Botswana Institute for Development Policy
Analysis, and as Senior Economist at the National Institute for Economic Policy
in South Africa.
Commenting on his appointment, Kennedy said: “I am pleased to work with
President Adesina to support execution of his vision for the Bank and the
continent and accelerate delivery on the High 5s”.
Kennedy holds a Bachelor of Social Science degree from the University of Malawi,
MPhil (Monetary Economics) from the University of Glasgow, MA and a PhD in
International Economics from the University of California. He has published on
trade, regional integration, and infrastructure development in Africa.
Commenting on the appointment, Dr. Adesina said: “Kennedy is a rounded
professional, with broad experience in international development. His capacity
to deliver in various areas will help to build strong partnerships in the region
and to promote both private and public sectors operations.”
Dr. Joseph Martial Ribeiro, Deputy Director General, West Africa Region
A Cape Verdean national, Dr Joseph Martial Ribeiro is currently Manager of the
African Development Bank Group for the Angola Country Office, which also covers
Sao Tome and Principe.
Joseph is an experienced international development practitioner with in-depth
knowledge of the key issues of decentralisation, privatisation and
public-private partnerships. He is a seasoned professional in the evaluation and
management of development projects.
Prior to joining the AfDB, Joseph worked as a consulting engineer, particularly
in the areas of water and sanitation, and has extensive experience in university
education in Canada and Senegal, as well as solid experience in academic and
industrial research. He joined the Bank in 2000 and has served as Senior
Irrigation Specialist (2000-2005), Procurement Specialist (2005-2009),
Representative for Angola (2009-2011), Resident Representative for Mozambique
(2011-2017) and Country Manager for Angola and Sao Tome and Principe
(2017-Present).
Commenting on his appointment, Joseph said: "I am very honoured by the trust
that President Adesina has placed in me through this prestigious appointment. I
am delighted to take on this responsibility as Deputy Director General in the
West Africa Region, which affords numerous opportunities to deliver the High 5s
sustainably and effectively."
Joseph holds a PhD in Hydrology from the École Polytechnique de Montréal
(Canada), an MBA from the University of Cumbria (UK), a degree in Political
Science from the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies
(UK) and a Design Engineering Certificate in Civil Engineering from the École
Polytechnique de Thiès (Senegal).
Commenting on the appointment, President Adesina said: "Joseph has successfully
represented the Bank in three Portuguese-speaking regional member countries, in
addition to being an accomplished professional with strong political acumen and
managerial skills. His experience in the field and his in-depth knowledge of
public development projects and public-private partnerships will greatly
contribute to the success of the Bank's operations in West Africa."
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The African Development Bank Appoints Directors General and Deputy Directors
General in Regional Offices As Director General, Central Africa, Serge will
drive and ensure the operational efficiency, effectiveness and overall health of
the Bank's portfolio across the Central Africa Region ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast,
January 7, 2021/APO Group/ -- The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org)
is pleased to announce the appointment of Directors General for the East,
Central and Southern Africa regions and Deputy Directors General for the East,
Central, Northern, Southern and West Africa regions. Serge N’Guessan, Director
General, Central Africa Region
As Director General, Central Africa, Serge will drive and ensure the operational
efficiency, effectiveness and overall health of the Bank's portfolio across the
Central Africa Region. He will also spearhead regional business development and
investment, driving resource mobilization across the countries under his remit
and growing the business of the Bank significantly. Serge, a Canadian citizen,
is a professional with over 30 years of experience in international development
and portfolio management, who has held important representation roles within the
Bank for almost 10 years. Serge has been the Deputy Director General, West
Africa, since September 2018, where he built an effective and motivated team,
working in the spirit of ¨One Bank¨ and improved the work processes in the
Regional Office. Serge has been instrumental over the last 10 years in enhancing
policy dialogue, socio-economic reforms, resource mobilization and co-financing
capacity, and aid coordination and effectiveness by strengthening the Bank’s
collaboration with its technical and financial partners and with the private
sector. Serge held the position of Country Manager, Senegal Country Office, from
October 2017 to August 2018. He was previously Resident Representative for the
Bank’s Office in Togo as of October 2011. He successfully opened, in January
2012, the first Country Office in Togo, a Fragile State, and he managed the
operational functions of the Bank in Togo and, since 2013, in Benin. Serge
joined the Bank in 2000 as Senior Architect/Implementation Specialist, in the
Human Development Department. He was subsequently assigned to the Governance and
Financial Management Department, where he held the positions of Principal
Procurement Specialist prior to his appointment as Chief Governance Specialist
in 2008. Before joining the Bank, Serge managed the International Projects
Division of OMIRA Inc., a Canadian Company (1996-2000). Between 1992 and 1996,
he was Chief Project Manager of Dirigo Land & Livestock, an American Company
based in Denver, Colorado. Commenting on his appointment, Serge said: “I am very
pleased to be able to lead the Bank's teams and activities in Central Africa
(Cameroon, CAR, Congo, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon,) to accelerate the
implementation of the High 5 and President Adesina's vision reiterated for his
second mandate to effectively transform the lives of people in this region in a
positive and sustainable way for the development of Africa.” Serge holds a Ph.D.
in Regional and Urban Planning from the Université de Montréal (Canada), a
Master of Architecture from the University of Colorado, of Denver (USA), as well
as a Diplôme d’Ingénieur de Génie Civil from École Nationale Supérieure des
Travaux Publics of Yamoussoukro (Côte d’Ivoire). Commenting on the appointment,
President Adesina said: “Serge is a seasoned professional with a solid track
record. His hands-on experience and his capacity to deliver will be an asset in
supporting transformation and integration in the region.” Nnenna Lily Nwabufo,
Director General, East Africa Region
As Director General, East Africa, Nnenna will be responsible for leading and
advancing the Bank Group’s strategic objective of achieving significant and
transformational developmental impact in thirteen countries in East Africa by
ensuring operational efficiency, effectiveness and an overall healthy portfolio
in the region. Specifically, she will lead high-level dialogues at country and
regional levels and across Bank sector complexes as well as oversee the full
implementation and integration of all aspects of the Bank’s work in the region.
She will also spearhead regional business development and investment, and foster
resource mobilization efforts across the countries in the region to ensure
focused growth of the Bank’s sovereign and non-sovereign operations. A Nigerian
citizen, Nnenna is a versatile and seasoned executive with over 30 years’
professional experience in treasury and financial management, budget
programming, planning and performance management, human resource and corporate
services management, and country/regional operations. Nnenna joined the Bank’s
Treasury Department in 1991 where she worked at different professional levels
for over a decade. Subsequently, she took on progressive management level
responsibilities including, Manager in the General Services and Procurement
Department from March 2007, Director of Programming and Budget Department in
January 2013, Acting Director, Human Resource Management Department and Acting
Vice President for Corporate Services from May 2015 to May 2016. She was on a
special assignment to lead the Bank’s Annual Meetings preparation team from June
2016 until her appointment as Deputy Director General, East Africa Regional
Development and Business Delivery Office in January 2017. She was appointed the
Acting Director General for the region effective 1st October 2019. Before
joining the African Development Bank in August 1991, Nnenna worked as a Treasury
Management Expert in two merchant banks in Nigeria rising to become the Treasury
Manager of one of them. Commenting on her appointment, Nnenna said: “I am very
pleased to be appointed by President Adesina as the Director General for the
Bank’s East Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office and to
support his vision for the continent. I have no doubt that working together with
all internal and external stakeholders, we can make a difference and bring much
needed development to East African citizens.” Nnenna holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Economics from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and a Master of
Business Administration from Henley Management College, Henley on Thames, United
Kingdom. Commenting on the appointment, Dr. Adesina said: “I am delighted to
appoint Nnenna as the Director General for East Africa. Her vast experience and
solid track-record in strategic functions across the Bank attest to her capacity
to effectively lead the team to rise up to the development challenges and ensure
continued development impact to improve the lives of Africans in the East Africa
region.” Leïla Farah Mokadem, Director General, Southern Africa Region
As Director General, Southern Africa, Leila will drive high-level dialogue and
Bank’s operations, ensuring the Bank operates efficiently, effectively and
successfully in the relevant countries, within the region. She will lead and
monitor adaptation to specific requirements of individual countries/operations
with greater efficiency, cost effectiveness and value addition in the use of
resources, with downstream gains for Regional Member Countries, and the private
sector in the Southern Africa Region. Leila, a Tunisian national, is a seasoned
professional in International Finance. She has over 25 years of experience with
multilateral development banks and international institutions. Leila joined the
Bank in September 2002 and was appointed as Country Manager for Morocco in 2017.
Prior to this appointment, she was the Resident Representative of the Bank in
Egypt from 2014 to 2017 and Regional Resident Representative from February 2010
to December 2013, based in Dakar, Senegal. In these capacities, she successfully
led the Bank’s strategic engagements and partnerships as well as high-level
dialogue and operations. Prior to her assignments in country offices, Leila held
the position of Manager, Financial Institutions Division in the Bank’s Private
Sector Department at Headquarters, where she designed innovative financial
solutions for Africa, including the African SME Guarantee Fund, AfDB Trade
Finance Initiative and the Women in Business Initiative. Leila managed
multibillion investment portfolios in over 35 African countries, particularly in
the private, infrastructure and financial services sectors. Leila also served as
Board member at the Ouest African Development Bank (BOAD) and Advans Holding
(Microfinance). She is currently serving as alternate Board member of the
Afreximbank. Before Joining the Bank, Leila was long-term fiscal advisor to the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) from August 1996 to December 1999. She started
her career at the Ministry of Economy in Tunisia. Commenting on her appointment,
Leila said: “It’s a great opportunity to work under the leadership of President
Adesina, supporting his vision and the implementation of Africa’s development
agenda while strengthening the Bank’s engagement in the Southern Africa Region.”
Leila holds a Diploma in Finance from the Institut des Hautes Etudes
Commerciales (HEC) of Carthage, Tunisia and a master’s degree in International
Trade from the Institute of High-level Management (Institut Supérieur de
Gestion), Tunisia. Commenting on the appointment, Dr. Adesina said: “For my
second term as President of the African Development Bank, I have prioritized the
support, stabilization and strengthening of African economies to get back on a
stronger pathway of economic growth and resilience. Leila will support my vision
and drive to build a stronger development impact of Bank’s operations and
advisory support in Southern Africa Region. She is a highly respected
professional, with a solid track record in leading Bank’s strategic engagements
in our Regional Members Countries.” Dr. Solomane Koné, Deputy Director General,
Central Africa Region
Solomane, a national of Côte d’Ivoire, has been Acting Director General for the
Central Africa Region since January 2020, as well as Country Manager for the
African Development Bank’s Office in Cameroon. In these capacities, he was
involved in high-level strategic country and regional dialogue with different
stakeholders, governments, and other development partners, including
co-financing arrangements and donor coordination particularly in the context of
the Regional Economic and Financial Reform Program of the Economic and Monetary
Community of Central Africa (PREF-CEMAC). He helped to grow the Bank’s business
and supervise the performance of the portfolio in Cameroon, which is the largest
in Central Africa (35 operations for about USD 3.1 billion). Solomane joined the
Bank in January 2003 as a Country Economist in the Central Africa Region, before
moving to the West Africa Region and the Governance Department. He later on held
several senior and managerial positions such as Lead Economist for the Regional
Department East 2, from November 2009 - July 2012, Acting Regional Director for
OREB from July 2012 - October 2013, Advisor to the Vice-President Country and
Regional Programs (ORVP) and Regional Development, Integration and Business
Delivery (RDVP) from November 2013 - September 2017. Prior to joining the Bank,
Solomane had accumulated more than 10 years of relevant research, strategic and
policy analysis experience as a lead consultant, researcher and policy analyst
in various academic, national and international institutions, including Cornell
University Food and Nutrition Policy Program, the Ivorian Center for Economic
and Social Research, the ILO, the OECD Development Centre, and the Central Bank
of West African States (BCEAO), where he was instrumental in developing
forecasting, simulation and econometric models to guide macroeconomic and
monetary policy and regional programs in the West African Economic and Monetary
Union (WAEMU). He authored and co-authored numerous publications and reports on
regional development, industrial policy, the impact of fiscal and monetary
policy, the adequate level of foreign reserves, as well as poverty analysis
using Social Accounting Matrix. He has also taught high-level macroeconomic
policies, econometrics and quantitative methods at West African Center for
Banking and Financial Studies of BCEAO and Cornell University. Commenting on his
appointment, Solomane said: “I am honored by this mark of confidence from
President Adesina. I am determined to help provide the necessary leadership on
the ground for the delivery of his vision and ambition at this critical time for
our economies.” Solomane holds a master’s degree in regional planning and a PhD
in Development Economics and Planning from Cornell University in the United
States, obtained in 1990 and 1993 respectively. Commenting on the appointment,
President Adesina said: “Solomane is a seasoned economist and well-respected
professional, with a deep knowledge and experience in developing and managing
regional and country strategies and operations. His experience as Country
Manager and his track record in building partnerships and providing leadership
will be critical in the transformation agenda of the Bank in the region.” Dr.
Abdul B. Kamara, Deputy Director General, East Africa Region
Abdul, a citizen of Sierra Leone, is currently the African Development Bank
Group’s Country Manager for the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Abdul
is a development economist with over two decades of experience in development
policy research, development financing and policy work on Africa’s economic
transformation and development. He has worked as a joint Research Associate of
the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington DC and
the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Addis Ababa
(1997–1999), and as Assistant Professor at the University of Göttingen, Germany
(1999–2000). He joined the Bank in 2004 and has served as Senior Agricultural
Economist (2004–2007); as Manager of the Research Division (2007–2010), and for
seven years as Resident Representative for Sudan (2011–2017) where he was also
responsible for South Sudan until 2013. He was Assistant Secretary-General at
the United Nations for one year (2014–2015), serving as Deputy Joint Special
Representative of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in charge of the Darfur
Mission. In 2017, President Adesina appointed him as Country Manager for
Ethiopia, where he currently manages the Bank’s USD1.63 billion portfolio.
Commenting on his appointment, Abdul said: “I am delighted to take this
responsibility, entrusted in me by President Adesina, to serve as Deputy
Director General in a region I am very versed with, having served the Bank
effectively for the past 10 years in this region.” Abdul holds a Bachelor of
Science (Vordiplom) in Agriculture General and an MSc (cum laude) in
Agricultural Economics, both from the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart,
Germany, and an award-winning PhD (cum laude) in Agricultural and Development
Economics from the University of Göttingen in Germany. Commenting on the
appointment, President Adesina said: “Abdul is a well-rounded professional with
valuable policy, research and operational experiences suitable for this role.
His in-depth knowledge of the region and solid track record of superior
field-level delivery and excellent managerial skills will help the Bank
accelerate delivery on its vision and mandate in East Africa.” Malinne Blomberg,
Deputy Director General, North Africa Region
Malinne, a Swedish citizen, is a seasoned finance professional with solid
experience in developing strategies, providing advisory services, and executing
operations for results in both the public and private sectors. Malinne has over
15 years of experience in development finance, gained largely from serving the
Bank since 2008 when she joined the Water and Sanitation Department as Financial
Management Specialist and later was in charge of its Division covering West and
Central Africa. In-between she also worked in the Agriculture and Agribusiness
Department, focusing on climate finance. She brings extensive hands-on
experience from working across the continent including fragile states, in terms
of business development and dialogue, resources mobilization, identifying and
structuring innovative investment projects and other initiatives, as well as
promoting private sector participation with a focus on infrastructure sectors.
Malinne is currently the Bank’s Country Manager for Egypt, where she has been
leading the Bank’s operations since 2017. Before joining the Bank, Malinne
worked for Arthur Andersen Business Consulting in the UK and on assignments in
other financial hubs of the world as Manager in the Financial Services Industry
up to 2001. From 2003 to 2007, Malinne served as Financial and Institutional
Advisor in the Government of Uganda, in the Ministry of Water and Environment,
supporting national efforts to strengthen institutional effectiveness and fund
utilization, and managing the ministry’s multi-donor trust funds. Commenting on
her appointment, Malinne said: “I am very grateful for this expanded mandate
that allows me to deepen the Bank’s partnership with its clients and expand
operations across North Africa – a region with tremendous opportunities that is
undergoing fast-paced transformation.” Malinne holds an MBA from IMD in
Lausanne, Switzerland and an MSc in Economic and International Business from
University of Linköping, Sweden. Commenting on the appointment, Dr. Adesina
said: “During my second term as President of the African Development Bank, I
will continue to strengthen the Bank’s delivery on the ground, and to accelerate
the socio-economic transformation of our continent. Malinne brings the drive and
experience from both the public and private sectors, needed to bring together
various stakeholders to scale up our impact in North Africa. She is a highly
respected professional, with a solid track record in development finance.”
Kennedy K. Mbekeani, Deputy Director General, Southern Africa Region
Kennedy, a Malawian citizen, is a seasoned development economist with over 20
years of senior level country and regional experience in development finance,
project management, policy advisory services, and knowledge generation. Kennedy
joined the Bank in 2009 as Chief Trade and Regional Integration Officer. He
provided leadership in formulating the Bank’s trade assistance strategy to
regional economic communities and on policy research on international trade,
economic integration and development. He was Lead Regional Economist (2012-2014)
at the South African Resource Centre. He later served as Officer in Charge and
Acting Regional Director of the Bank’s South African Resource Centre in South
Africa (2014-2016) where he led the largest syndicated A/B Loan arranged in
Africa to-date. He was appointed Officer in Charge of the African Development
Bank’s Ghana Country Office in February 2017. In September 2017, African
Development Bank President, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, appointed him as Country
Manager, Uganda Country Office where he grew the portfolio to over USD 2
billion. Before joining the Bank, Kennedy worked for the UNDP as a Trade, Debt
and Globalisation Advisor for East and Southern Africa. Prior to that he worked
as a Senior Research Fellow at the Botswana Institute for Development Policy
Analysis, and as Senior Economist at the National Institute for Economic Policy
in South Africa. Commenting on his appointment, Kennedy said: “I am pleased to
work with President Adesina to support execution of his vision for the Bank and
the continent and accelerate delivery on the High 5s”. Kennedy holds a Bachelor
of Social Science degree from the University of Malawi, MPhil (Monetary
Economics) from the University of Glasgow, MA and a PhD in International
Economics from the University of California. He has published on trade, regional
integration, and infrastructure development in Africa. Commenting on the
appointment, Dr. Adesina said: “Kennedy is a rounded professional, with broad
experience in international development. His capacity to deliver in various
areas will help to build strong partnerships in the region and to promote both
private and public sectors operations.” Dr. Joseph Martial Ribeiro, Deputy
Director General, West Africa Region
A Cape Verdean national, Dr Joseph Martial Ribeiro is currently Manager of the
African Development Bank Group for the Angola Country Office, which also covers
Sao Tome and Principe. Joseph is an experienced international development
practitioner with in-depth knowledge of the key issues of decentralisation,
privatisation and public-private partnerships. He is a seasoned professional in
the evaluation and management of development projects. Prior to joining the
AfDB, Joseph worked as a consulting engineer, particularly in the areas of water
and sanitation, and has extensive experience in university education in Canada
and Senegal, as well as solid experience in academic and industrial research. He
joined the Bank in 2000 and has served as Senior Irrigation Specialist
(2000-2005), Procurement Specialist (2005-2009), Representative for Angola
(2009-2011), Resident Representative for Mozambique (2011-2017) and Country
Manager for Angola and Sao Tome and Principe (2017-Present). Commenting on his
appointment, Joseph said: "I am very honoured by the trust that President
Adesina has placed in me through this prestigious appointment. I am delighted to
take on this responsibility as Deputy Director General in the West Africa
Region, which affords numerous opportunities to deliver the High 5s sustainably
and effectively." Joseph holds a PhD in Hydrology from the École Polytechnique
de Montréal (Canada), an MBA from the University of Cumbria (UK), a degree in
Political Science from the University of London, School of Oriental and African
Studies (UK) and a Design Engineering Certificate in Civil Engineering from the
École Polytechnique de Thiès (Senegal). Commenting on the appointment, President
Adesina said: "Joseph has successfully represented the Bank in three
Portuguese-speaking regional member countries, in addition to being an
accomplished professional with strong political acumen and managerial skills.
His experience in the field and his in-depth knowledge of public development
projects and public-private partnerships will greatly contribute to the success
of the Bank's operations in West Africa." Distributed by APO Group on behalf of
African Development Bank Group (AfDB).
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> It's not how much money is spent, but how many people's lives are being
> improved. This map plots the 1300 geographical locations of the 227 #AfDB's
> operations that were completed between 2014-2016 in each of the #High5s - the
> Bank's five priority areas: Feed Africa, Light up and power Africa,
> Industrialize Africa, Integrate Africa, Improve the quality of life for the
> people of Africa. We are transforming Africa! . On mapafrica.afdb.org, you can
> explore our 7000 project locations through the High 5s. . . Cette carte
> interactive indique ce que fait la BAD et où en Afrique : 227 opérations sur
> 1300 sites ont été achevées entre 2014 et 2016 dans chacune des High 5, les
> cinq grandes priorités de la Banque : Nourrir l’Afrique - Éclairer l’Afrique
> et l’alimenter en énergie - Industrialiser l’Afrique - Intégrer l’Afrique -
> Améliorer la qualité de vie des Africains. Nous œuvrons à la transformation de
> l'Afrique ! . Sur mapafrica.afdb.org, explorez les 7 000 localisations de nos
> projets à travers nos High 5. . . . #AfDB #BAD #High5 #Africa #Afrique
> #Development #Developmment #Transparency
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