Ibrahim Mamadou Diop is a Niger national.
He holds a Global MBA from the Georgia Institute of Technology (GeorgiaTech) and an Executive master’s in development policy and management from SciencesPo Paris. He also holds numerous certifications including the International Change Maker from ESSEC Business School and the Certificate of Hispanic Business Studies from ITBA – Buenos Aires.
He is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Public Affairs from University Paris Dauphine – PSL with research interest on the humanitarian- development- peace nexus in the Sahel region.
After nine years spent in the United States and solid training at major financial
institutions he returned to Niger in 2009 where he joined the nuclear group ORANO (ex- AREVA) on the mega Imouraren project of which he served as Director of Internal Audit and Financial Control.
In 2016 he progressed to the Acosta Mining Company (a SOPAMIN, ORANO and ENUSA partnership) as Secretary General.
Prior to his incoming role with Shelter Afrique, Ibrahim served as Advisor to the Executive Director of the African Development Bank in charge of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verbe, Gabon, the Union of the Comoros, Mali, Niger and Senegal.
Ibrahim is fluent in both French and English.