Cedrick OLOUFEMI MONTETCHO

Cedrick Montetcho is Chief of Business Development, for Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), responsible for transaction origination and market coverage for Sub-Saharan Africa.
He was Regional Investment Manager for West Africa, for Oikocredit, the Dutch leading Private Equity investor in financial inclusion, operating in West/East African countries. He started his career in audit with KPMG, before joining Continental Bank as Deputy Head of Budget and Performance Management. He later held the position of Technical Assistant to the CEO of the United Bank for Africa in Benin, in charge of the board and executive committee, and corporate banking, and also Head of Corporate Infrastructure and Manufacturing portfolio of this bank.
A graduate of Suffolk University in Boston, Cambridge College , University of North Carolina, he holds a master’s degree and bachelor’s degree in finance. He also attended Harvard Business School finance programs and is a certified expert in Financial Inclusion from the Frankfurt School of Management.