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Name
M. Serge EKUE
Title
CEO and Chairman of the West African Development Bank (BOAD)
Bio
Lomé, 28 August 2020. Appointed on 18 August 2020 by the WAMU Council of Ministers, following a favourable opinion from the WAEMU Conference of Heads of State and Government, Mr. Serge Ekué, the new President of the West African Development Bank (BOAD) officially assumed office at the institution’s headquaters in Lomé (Togo) on Friday 28 August 2020, after a handover ceremony with the outgoing President, Mr. Christian Adovelande, whose term of office has drawn to a close.
Chaired by Mr. Sani Yaya, Togolese Minister of Economy and Finance and Chairperson of the Council of Ministers of the West African Monetary Union (WAMU), the ceremony was attended by Mr. Romuald Wadagni, Minister of Economy and Finance of Benin, and Mrs. Demba Tignokpa, Togolese Minister of Planning, Development and Cooperation. Were also in attendance Mr. Mamadou N’diaye, President of the Regional Council on Investments and Financial Markets (CREPMF), the representatives of the Governor of BCEAO and the President of the WAEMU Commission as well as BOAD Board members.
Mr. Serge Ekué, the new President of BOAD, in his address, expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the WAEMU Heads of State for his appointment to the high office of President of BOAD and warmly congratulated his predecessor for the achievements made under his leadership. Addressing the former President, he reassured him of the Bank’s future adding that: “The institution you contributed to develop will continue to grow with the opening of a new chapter in its history as intended by our founding fathers on 14 November 1973 in Dakar.”
Chaired by Mr. Sani Yaya, Togolese Minister of Economy and Finance and Chairperson of the Council of Ministers of the West African Monetary Union (WAMU), the ceremony was attended by Mr. Romuald Wadagni, Minister of Economy and Finance of Benin, and Mrs. Demba Tignokpa, Togolese Minister of Planning, Development and Cooperation. Were also in attendance Mr. Mamadou N’diaye, President of the Regional Council on Investments and Financial Markets (CREPMF), the representatives of the Governor of BCEAO and the President of the WAEMU Commission as well as BOAD Board members.
Mr. Serge Ekué, the new President of BOAD, in his address, expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the WAEMU Heads of State for his appointment to the high office of President of BOAD and warmly congratulated his predecessor for the achievements made under his leadership. Addressing the former President, he reassured him of the Bank’s future adding that: “The institution you contributed to develop will continue to grow with the opening of a new chapter in its history as intended by our founding fathers on 14 November 1973 in Dakar.”
