Training
- PhD in International Business Administration and Finances from the International School of Management ISM in New York and Paris
- MBA from University of Dijon Business School, France
- Master Degree in Economics from Aix Marseille II University, France
Professional experience
Since February 2015: Special Envoy of President Macky Sall for internal and external Affairs
December 2014: Head of the African Union Observation Mission for Mauritius General Elections
1st September 2013 to 13 Juillet: Prime Minister of Senegal
5th April 2012 to 30th August 2013: Minister of Justice, Attorney General
August 2009 - April 2012: Director of the Gender and Human Rights World Department of the United Nations Population Funds in New York
October 2003- August 2009: Senior Adviser at UNFPA Headquarter in New York
January 2002 - October 2013: West Africa Program Manager on Gender and HIV and Aids
February 1998- December 2001: UNFPA Senior adviser in Côte d’Ivoire
January 1996 to December 1997: UNFPA Senior adviser in Burkina Faso
February 1992- November 1995: Adviser and Program Director of ASBEF, Senegal branch of the International Planned Parenthood Federation
December 1988- November 1991: Senior staff and head of Incomes Department and Marketing of SOTRAC, National Public Transportation Company of 2500 employees
Languages
Equally fluent in French, English and Wolof
Publication
Directed more than 30 UNFPA worldwide publications