Alassane brings 20 years of experience in finance, in executive and board roles across Africa and internationally, and as an investor.
Between 2022 and September 2024 he served as Regional Director of Cluster I at the financial institution COFINA, overseeing close to 1,000 staff. In that capacity he covered five countries (Senegal, Mali, Togo, Gabon and the Paris office), having been Managing Director of the Senegalese subsidiary since 2020.
From October 2019 to February 2020, Alassane was Deputy Managing Director of COFINA Senegal.
From 2015 to July 2019, Alassane held, in succession, the roles of strategic projects manager to the Managing Director, head of finance and accounting, and then Director of Finance, Risk and Credit Back Office at the Caisse Régionale de Charente Périgord of Crédit Agricole in France (Paris-listed — CAC 40). He sat on the bank's executive committee, with close to 100 staff under his responsibility.
From 2010 to 2015, Alassane rose through the full career path at Crédit Agricole's Group General Inspection, from inspector to mission lead, on assignments spanning corporate finance, private equity, asset management and compliance.
Alassane began his career in 2006 at the Caisse Régionale de Touraine Poitou of Crédit Agricole, as a credit analyst and adviser to large corporates at the Futuroscope business centre in Poitiers.
