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France And London

Global credit oversight for commodity trade portfolio focused on Africa; Scipion Capital Limited is a Hedge Fund created in 2007 and based in London, exclusively dedicated to Africa, and including Scipion Africa Opportunity Fund (SAOF) and its related commodity trade portfolio. SAOF has an uninterrupted positive earnings record since inception, with average returns over 10%.

Delaware, Usa, France & Melbourne

October 2013 - ongoing & parallel; Co-partnering with renowned US Government expert in the fields of anti-money laundering, capital flight and counterterrorism to assist African governments in an advisory capacity. AFSL is envisaged as a novel special purpose financial vehicle to perform this mission, while promoting US strategic interests and investments in Africa.Co-partnered in the aforementioned capacity in a series of training sessions (December 2014) for the Head of Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism – AML/CFT – Unit of Banco Santander, Geneva, Miami and Bahamas.

Abuja And Dubai

Maintenance, logistics and engineering for the two largest oil supertankers operating in the Bight of Benin, property of the Nigerian Government and managed by NNPC.Systematic exploitation of scrap iron between Nigeria, West Africa and Pakistan.Bidding on Nigerian public tenders in diverse equipment and shipping needs.Group Head, New Business Development, Abuja.Opened branch offices in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Angola, with a focus on mining and commodity trade.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Responsibility for two marketing teams in Geneva and Zurich, total staff of 12, Assets Under Management approximately US$ 1 billion.

Gibraltar And Geneva

Start-up business proposition for EFG, with no prior experience in or exposure to Africa.Emphasis on onshore “refugee” North and South African business in Spain, Monaco and the south of France.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Responsible for the expansion of South and Southern African business development in Sub Sahara Africa in liaison with Belgolaise’s network of branches and affiliates on the continent.

Paris And Johannesburg

With the help of a senior colleague in the old International Services Division (ISD) of Citibank in Switzerland (progenitor of the global Private Bank), I developed a Private Banking Division exclusively dedicated to Africa. Its central feature was the position of Global Market Manager, as area expert and Business Head coordinating the global strategy of all booking centers with developing Africa exposure: New York, Bahamas, London, Jersey, Luxembourg, Geneva, Zurich, Paris and Monaco .The Citibank Private Bank Africa once counted over 25 dedicated relationship and service managers, making multiple visits to all parts of the continent, and an AUM base of close to US$ 5 billion at year 2000.

Paris, La Defense

Headed a trio of units including the Trade Group (with a focus on increasing French exposure to Africa and Asia), the Construction and Engineering Unit (to promote the largest French contractors and consulting groups in Africa and especially the Middle East – Bouygues, Dragages, Fougerolle, Seret) and the French Export Credit Insurance Program COFACE, with activities around the world.

Dakar, Senegal

Non-Presence Regional Country Head for the Sahelian region, including Mauritania, Mali, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands.Citibank novelties included the offshore promissory note, electronic banking, international cash letter service, Letters of Credit under World Bank guarantees etc.

Libreville, Gabon

Branch start-up situation in which I served as Corporate Bank Head (Head of Marketing), while developing the first exposure of the Private Bank with the senior political elite.Considerable experience in project finance, in connection with the Trans Gabonese Railway, the Port of Santa Clara, access roads and viaducts, with noted US firms such as Brown and Root, Soros & Associates, Raymond Engineering and Tippetts-Abbet-Mccarthy-Strattton (“Tams”- consulting engineers); also petroleum and related projects (marginal oil fields), with Elf, Total, Petrolin, Amerada Hess, Marathon etc.

Democratic Republic Of The Congo (Ex Zaire)

Basic operations experience in all branch banking functions and departments.Head of Credit Department, especially the administration of offshore loans.Initial project finance experience: the multi-million Dollar Inga-Shaba dam (with Morrison Knudsen of the United States) the national electricity company (SNEL) and transportation companies (OTCZ, ONATRA).

Washington D.C., With Assignments Country-Wide In The United States

Escort Interpreter (English and French), as a traveling guide for francophone official visitors to the United States (part time service during graduate school)

Master Of Science In Foreign Service, International Relations And Diplomacy

Activities and Societies: American Foreign Service Association, Washington DC

Ba International Relations And American Studies

Activities and Societies: Omicron Delta Kappa, Honorary Society. Founder of the crew club.International Relations and Interdisciplinary.