Governance

Serge EKUE takes office as President of the West African Development Bank (BOAD) on August 28, 2020.

Prior to joining BOAD, Serge EKUE had headed Natixis’ Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) activities for the UK in London since 2016. He combined this responsibility with that of Market Solutions for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Serge Ekue was also head of the Africa and Russia Departments at Natixis.

A recognized expert in Financial and Capital Markets, Serge EKUE headed Natixis’ Markets Activities for the Asia-Pacific region for almost six years (2010-2016) before taking over as Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong-based bank. He has over twenty years’ experience in International Finance, Structured Finance and Capital Markets, having exercised these broad responsibilities worldwide.

He holds an Executive MBA from HEC Paris, a DESS in Banking and Finance from Paris V, and a diploma from the Institut d’Études Politiques in Bordeaux, and has extensive international experience.

Braima Luis SOARES CASSAMA is Vice-President in charge of Support and Control at the West African Development Bank (BOAD).

Previously Economic Advisor to the President of the Republic of Guinea Bissau, Mr. SOARES CASSAMA has held several positions in Guinea Bissau relating to finance and the economy, including that of Minister Delegate to the Treasury, in charge of Fiscal Affairs and Public Accounts. He also served as Deputy Director of Credit Institutions and Economic Financing, then Deputy Director of Banking Activities and Alternative Financing at BCEAO’s head office in Dakar, Senegal.

Mr. SOARES CASSAMA holds a MASTER 2 in Monetary and Financial Economics from the Institut Supérieur de l’Economie et Gestion (ISEG) in Portugal, a Master 1 in Economics from the University of Coimbra (Portugal), and is a graduate of the Centre Ouest Africain de Formation et d’Etudes Bancaires (COFEB) in DAKAR.