Buah Saidy became the Governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia on
October 1, 2020. Mr. Saidy is a seasoned Economist with vast international 
experience in economic management, fiscal policy, research, statistics,
and a broader range of public finance management topics. He joined the 
Central Bank of The Gambia as a clerk in 1981 and rose through the ranks 
to become the Director of the Economic Research Department in 2010. 
His appointment followed a solid career as a research economist at the 
Central Bank and a stint as a senior advisor at the International Monetary 
Fund (IMF) Headquarters in Washington, DC. Recently, he was also 
elected as the Chairman of the Association of African Central Banks. 
Before assuming his current role, he served as the Permanent Secretary 
of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs