{"id":4411,"date":"2022-12-01T13:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.content.shelterafrique.org\/en\/?p=4411"},"modified":"2026-01-19T13:05:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T13:05:43","slug":"sandie-paho-handou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.content.shelterafrique.org\/en\/sandie-paho-handou\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandie Paho Handou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She joins\u00a0<\/span><b>Shelter Afrique<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0with 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, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Guinea and Benin, while acting as Company Secretary and Board advisor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sandie has held senior leadership positions with leading global organisations including\u00a0<\/span><b>LafargeHolcim (CIMENCAM)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0<\/span><b>British American Tobacco<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0<\/span><b>Diageo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and\u00a0<\/span><b>Procter &amp; Gamble<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She holds a Master\u2019s degree in International Commercial Law from Northumbria University (UK), another Master\u2019s degree from Rouen University in France and executive education certificates from\u00a0<\/span><b>INSEAD<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><b>Lagos Business School<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Sandie is bilingual in French and English and is deeply committed to governance excellence, responsible leadership and Africa\u2019s long-term development.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company Secretary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[54],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.5.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sandie Paho Handou - ShafPress<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sandie Paho Handou - ShafPress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Company Secretary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.content.shelterafrique.org\/en\/sandie-paho-handou\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ShafPress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-01T13:00:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-19T13:05:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.content.shelterafrique.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/company-sec.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"220\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"204\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Franc Kabu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Franc Kabu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.content.shelterafrique.org\/en\/sandie-paho-handou\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.content.shelterafrique.org\/en\/sandie-paho-handou\/\",\"name\":\"Sandie Paho Handou - 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