Ecobank appoints Madibinet Cissé Company Secretary and Group Counsel

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), parent company of the Ecobank Group, has appointed Mr. Madibinet Cissé as Group Head, Legal and Company Secretary.

Mr. Cissé, whose appointment takes effect on the 9th of January 2017, will report jointly to the Ecobank Group CEO and the ETI Board of Directors, in replacement of former Company Secretary and Group Counsel Samuel Ayim, who took leave of the company in July to pursue other opportunities.

According to ETI, Mr. Cissé has a wealth of experience in the legal field. He comes to Ecobank from the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) in Lagos, Nigeria, where he is currently Senior Vice President and Lead Counsel. He is an English law, French law and OHADA- (Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa) qualified lawyer and an attorney and counsellor at law at the New York Bar of Attorneys.

Before joining AFC, Mr. Cissé worked as Senior Legal Counsel at the African Capacity Building Foundation in Harare. He was an associate in the finance departments of two Paris law firms – Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and Gide Loyrette-Nouel. He was also an associate in the legal and tax department of Ernst & Young in Conakry, Guinea.