{"id":20566,"date":"2025-09-22T08:39:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/sb_speaker\/serge-ekue\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T11:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T10:05:10","slug":"serge-ekue-2","status":"publish","type":"sb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/en\/sb_speaker\/serge-ekue-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Serge EKUE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serge EKUE takes office as President of the West African Development Bank (BOAD) in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining BOAD, Serge EKUE had headed Natixis\u2019 Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) activities for the UK in London since 2016. He combined this responsibility with that of Market Solutions for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). 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