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Mr. Abdoulie Janneh

Board Member/Executive Director at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation

 

Former United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) (2005-2012), Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, a Gambian National is currently a Board Member/Executive Director at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation in Dakar, Senegal. He had earlier served as UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Regional Director for Africa from June 2000 to October 2005.

 

Mr. Janneh is an active participant on the Boards/Advisory Panels of several organizations involved in Africa’s development, notably the Africa Forum of Former Heads of State, and is the President of the Governing Board of the African Governance Institute, Board Member of International Lawyers of Africa (ILFA), Global Integrity, AO Alliance, TrustAfrica and  Chair of Africa Risk Capacity Limited.

 

He has delivered over the years a number of keynote addresses, policy statements and written articles on issues germane to Africa’s development. Mr. Janneh is a strong Pan Africanist and the author of the book ‘Integrating Africa’.

He is fluent both in English and French.