Very discreet in all probability on account of skilled distortion, the banker Désiré Guedon is however one of many Gabonese stars who shines within the diaspora. The Gabonactu.com editorial workforce met him throughout one of many many conferences happening in Nairobi, Kenya, as a part of the 59th Annual Conferences of the African Growth Financial institution (AfDB) group. Discovery!
Since 2022, this 59-year-old native of Mayumba in southern Gabon has masterfully assumed the capabilities of Government Director of the African Growth Financial institution (AfDB) group and administrator of Workplace 08 representing 8 African international locations. from the west, middle and Indian Ocean.
Désiré Guedon is among the political revelations following Omar Bongo. His barely rounded face, his truthful complexion and his Bantu type from Gabon have been revealed to the Gabonese when he was promoted in 2012 to Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Economic system, Employment and Sustainable Growth of the Authorities of ‘Ali Bongo led by Raymond Ndong Sima.
Jovial, hardworking, this technician absolutely immersed within the Gabonese political panorama holds ministerial positions. He shall be, in flip, minister delegate with the Minister of the Economic system, Employment and Sustainable Growth, Minister of Power and Hydraulic Sources, Minister of Housing and Housing then Minister of Larger Schooling, his final ministerial portfolio.
Désiré Guedon’s authorities parenthesis ends in 2016. He has simply been promoted to Secretary Normal of the Financial institution of Central African States (BEAC), the financial issuing establishment frequent to the six member states of the Financial and Neighborhood Neighborhood. Central African Financial Authority (CEMAC). The banker returns to his roots: banking and its professions.
Désiré Guédon made his skilled debut in 1993 throughout the Worldwide Financial institution for Commerce and Business of Gabon (BICIG) the place his rise was meteoric. When Ecobank established itself in Gabon, Désiré Guédon was poached from BICIG for the place of deputy managing director from 2008 to 2012.
Having turn out to be Secretary Normal of the BEAC, Désiré Guedon moved from Libreville to Yaoundé in Cameroon, the headquarters of the establishment.
Whereas he efficiently carried out his mission with the BEAC, his nation referred to as on him once more and proposed him to the AfDB the place he was promoted to administrator of the workplace which manages 8 international locations in West and Central Africa. and the Indian Ocean.
Every day, Désiré Guedon administers the portfolios of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Comoros, Gabon, Mali, Niger and Senegal. In ADB jargon, this regional workplace is the biggest on the continent.
On this place, Désiré Guedon has a 3-year mandate which ends in 2025. On Might 28, 2024, on the sidelines of the AfDB annual conferences which happen in Nairobi, Kenya from Might 27 to 31, the Gabonese held a gathering with the governors of the 8 member international locations of his workplace. Alternative for him to take inventory of the initiatives carried out beneath his management within the area. He will get full satisfaction from listening to her converse.
Based mostly in Abidjan in Ivory Coast, the Gabonese retains an attentive ear to the adjustments underway in his nation.
Yves Laurent Goma
2024-05-30 00:36:45
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