Eugène Kassi

International Financial Operations Manager

Biography

Holder of a Master’s degree in Business Administration, the American CPA, the American Certifications in Business Diagnostics and Evaluation (ABV) and Internal Audit (CIA), and a Diploma (AMP) in Advanced Management from Harvard Business School, he has 30 years of professional experience in Auditing, in the management of banks and financial services companies, in the administration of asset management companies and financial intermediation companies.

After a brilliant career in auditing at PWC, he was successively CFO and CEO of the largest bank of the Ivory Coast State, the National Investment Bank (BNI).

As CFO of the BNI, he managed significant financial resources (approximately EUR 200 million per year) by investing in bonds, listed and unlisted shares, and in public and private projects.

He managed the bank and ensured its market development, its positioning (from 11th out of 24 to 7th out of 28 in 7 years), and its financial performance, and administered an asset management company and an intermediation management company which he had developed. He was a director of two French companies based in Côte d’Ivoire.

He has been awarded 3 distinctions (decorations): in Côte d’Ivoire, France and Spain.

Extensive expertise in financial engineering (economic and financial studies) and search for financing for structuring projects: public and private in all sectors of activity.