Speakers of the 2021 edition of the
Choiseul Africa Business Forum

Mohammed Usman ABDUL-RAZAQ

Founder, Dudden Hill Foundation

Nigeria

Jean-Marie ACKAH

President, General Confederation of Ivory Coast Companies

Ivory Coast

Sami AGLI

Chairman, Algerian Confederation of Citizen Employers

Algeria

Eric AMOUSSOUGA

Chief Executive Officer Francophone Africa, General Electric

Benin

Ruggero ARICO

Vice-President, Confindustria

Italy

Bertrand BADRE

Managing Partner, Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital

France

Ismaël BARMOU

Chief Executive Officer, Société de Transformation Alimentaire

Niger

Nayé Anna BATHILY

Manager of External Affairs West and Central Africa, World Bank

Senegal

Isabelle BÉBÉAR

Director - Head of International & European Affairs, Bpifrance

France

Karim BENDHAOU

Chairman of the Executive Board, Merck Africa

Tunisia

Chams-Eddine BEZZITOUNI

Founder & CEO, Born to change the game

Algeria

Alain BIDJECK

Director, Movement of Creatives Africas

France

El Ghali BOUHASSIS

Director of Sales Middle East and Africa, Stats Perform

Morocco

Joël CAVAILLE

Chairman, JA DELMAS

France

Régis CHARPENTIER

Chairman, WinWin Afrique

France

Benoit CHERVALIER

Chairman, one2five advisory

France

Léonard COX

Vice President, Institut Choiseul

France

Amaury DE FÉLIGONDE

Managing Partner, Okan

France

Sangu DELLE

Chairman, Golden Palm Investments

Ghana

Francesco DE MUSSO

Chief Executive Officer, BGFIBank DRC

Congo

Idrissa DIABIRA

Chief Executive Officer, ADEPME

Senegal

Cheick-Omar DIALLO

Director of Human Resources, Total Afrique Marketing & Services

France

Virginie DIAS-TAGNON

Human Resources Director Africa, L'Oréal

South Africa

Alexandre DINGAS

Director, SOFIA COSMETIQUES

France

Makhtar DIOP

Managing Director and Executive Vice President, International Finance Corporation

Senegal

Philippe DOUSTE-BLAZY

Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations

France

François-Xavier D’ORNELLAS

Chief Executive Officer, ClassM

France

Mohamed EL DAHSHAN

Managing Director, Oxcon

France

Gerald EILU

Associate Professor, Makerere University

Burkina Faso

Lahcen ENNAHLI

Project Officer to the Chief Executive Officer, OCP Africa

Morocco

Christian ESTROSI

President, Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis

France

Ingrid ETOKE

Market Launch & Access Lead Africa, Innovative Vector Control Consortium

Camerooon

Daouda FALL

Chief Executive Officer, Brahms Group

Guinea

Toun Odetola FATOBA

Head of Brand and Talent Management, IFFAC Investment Holdings

Nigeria

Arnaud FLORIS

Regional Manager West and Central Africa, Bpifrance

FRANCE

David-Alexandre FOURNIER

Director of Human Resources, Bolloré Transport & Logistics

France

Gustave GAUQUELIN

Managing Director, Chargeurs Museum Solutions

France

El Mehdi GHISSASSI

Partner, Deloitte

Morocco

Victor GRANDGUILLAUME

Partner, Gide Loyrette Nouel

France

Guillaume GROSSO

Director, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

France

Pierre-Henri GUIGNARD

Special Envoy - Conservation of Rainforests

France

Nadine HOUNKPATIN

Co-founder, TheArtMomentum

Benin

Djabarou IBRAHIM

Head of Unit, ONAB

Benin

Shahim ISMAEL

Chief Executive Officer, INVISO Group

Madagascar

Nicolas JEANNÉE

Senior Director for Education, Dassault Systèmes

France

Ousmane Mamadou KANE

Minister of Economic Affairs and Promotion of Production Sectors

Mauritania

Jean KOÏVOGUI

Chief Executive Officer, TECHNATIUM

France

Karim KOUNDI

Partner, Deloitte Africa

Tunisia

Thierry LACROIX

Director for Africa, Onepoint

France

Jean-Baptiste LEMOYNE

State Secretary, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs

France

Xavier LEROY

Managing Partner Africa, Egon Zehnder

France

Guillaume LESCUYER

Researcher, CIRAD

France

Marie LORA

Founder and Managing director, Restless Global

France

Amsy Sophie MATHIAM

Director of Human Resources - Sub-Saharan Africa, Novartis

Senegal

Cédric MESSINA

Chief Executive Officer, My Coach

France

Xavier MICHON

Deputy Executive Director , United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

France

Simon MINKOWSKI

Chief Executive Officer

France

Aftar Touré MOROU

Managing Director, ARMP

Togo

Marion NAVARRE

Consulting Director – Human Capital, Deloitte Francophone Africa

France

William NKONTCHOU

Chairman, AFIIP

Cameroon

John NSANA KANYONI

Group Chief Executive Officer, JK AFRICA CONSULTING

DRC

Yolande NYONDA

Minister Delegate, Gabonese Foreign Ministry

Gabon

Freda OBENG-AMPOFO

Founder & Chief Mixer, Kaeme Cosmetics

Ghana

Linda ONYANGO

Chief Executive Officer, SME Support Centre Limited

Kenya

Mathieu PELLER

Chief Operating Officer Africa, Meridiam

France

François PUJOLAS

Ambassador for Economic Partnerships in Africa

France

Emmanuel QUEREL

Chief Executive Officer, Africa Sport Events

France

Jean-Christophe RAGNI

CEO & Export Director, Ragni

France

Jean-Christophe RAMOS

Corporate Affairs Director, CANAL+ International

France

Fatma REKIK

Chief Executive Officer, Groupe Stifen

Tunisia

Pascal REY

President and CEO, Insuco

France

Firas RHAIEM

Co-founder, RELATIC

France

Fatma SAMOURA

General Secretary, FIFA

Senegal

Bruno SATIN

Chairman, BS & PARTNERS

France

Gregory SCHMIDT

Chief Executive Officer, KiwiPay Group

France

Babacar N. SECK

Chief Executive Officer, PetaleRock

France

Kamil SENHAJI

Vice President Emerging Markets, Galileo Global Education

Morocco

Olman SERRANO

President, International Technical Association for Tropical Timber

Italy

Hani Salem SONBOL

Chief Executive Officer, International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation

Saoudi Arabia

Sandrine SOPPO PRISO

Partner, responsible of Tax and Legal for Francophone Africa

France

Youga SOW

Chief Executive Officer, Sococim Industries

Senegal

Mehdi TAZI

General Vice-President, General Confederation of Moroccan Companies

Morocco

Pauline TEILLAC

Coordinator BIODEV2030

France

Anisse TERAI

CPL/ELI Fellow, Harvard University

Algeria

Lynette THORSTENSEN

Chairman, FairTrade International

New Zealand

Samuel D. TWEAH JR.

Minister of Finance and Development Planning

Liberia

Patricia VERINGA-GIESKES

Managing Director, The Job Factory

DRC

Ali ZEROUALI

Director of International Cooperation and Business Development, Masen

Morocco