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Sandie Paho Handou
Sandie Paho Handou, from Cameroon, is a seasoned Legal, Compliance and Corporate Affairs executive with over 20 years of international experience across Africa and Europe, spanning regulated industries, multinationals and complex multi-country operations.
She joins Shelter Afrique with a strong track record in corporate governance, regulatory strategy, compliance transformation and stakeholder engagement. Prior to this role, she served as Regional Legal, Compliance and Corporate Affairs Director for West Africa, overseeing legal strategy across Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea and Benin, while acting as Company Secretary and Board advisor.
Sandie has held senior leadership positions with leading global organisations including LafargeHolcim (CIMENCAM), British American Tobacco, Diageo, and Procter & Gamble, where she advised executive committees and boards on risk management, government relations, ethics and sustainable business growth. She is recognised as an inspirational people leader with strong commercial acumen and a reputation for integrity.
She holds a Master’s degree in International Commercial Law from Northumbria University (UK), another Master’s degree from Rouen University in France and executive education certificates from INSEAD and Lagos Business School. Sandie is bilingual in French and English and is deeply committed to governance excellence, responsible leadership and Africa’s long-term development.
Director Ahmed Belayat
Academic qualifications
Lycée plateau du Mansourah Constantine 1973 – 1976 ITFC 1979- 1981 – Principal State Accountant
Continuous training of one week in Paris on the elaboration of procedures 2006
Internship at ISTED Paris – Management of housing aid 2001 UFC Annaba – training in PGS 1993 -1994
Training courses with the World Bank and the US Aid co-organized with the Ministry of Housing, 1993
Skills and Competences
Accounts
Housing Management
Real Estate Management
Director Dr Chii P. Akporji
Academic Qualifications
Certification in Corporate Governance, Judge, Business School, Cambridge University, UK
Certification, International Housing Finance, Wharton School, USA
Several training courses with the World Bank, Institute and the African Development Bank
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria: Ph.D., Comparative Literature.
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada: M.A., Modern Anglo-Irish Studies.
University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland:B.A. (Hons.) Humanities & Arabic Studies.
Skills & Competencies
Program Design & Management
Corporate Strategic Planning
Policy Analysis/Advocacy
Resource Mobilization
Government Relations