Prof. Issouf SOUMARÉ, PhD, ISE, FRM, PRM, Senior Financial and Risk Management Expert

Prof. Issouf SOUMARÉ is an expert in risk management and financial engineering with more than 17 years of professional experiences. He works regularly as a consultant, advising public administrations and private corporations on financial and risk management issues. He also worked for the  Risk Management Unit of the African Development Bank (AfDB). Prof. SOUMARÉ is regularly invited as keynote speaker at seminars and workshops on capacity building in financial and risk management in Canada and Africa. Dr. SOUMARÉ is professor of finance and Director of the Laboratory of financial engineering at Laval University in Canada.

Prof. SOUMARÉ holds a PhD in Business Administration in Finance from the University of British Columbia in Canada, a MSc in financial engineering from Laval University in Canada, a Master degree in Statistics and Applied Economics (ISE) from ENSEA of Abidjan in Cote d’Ivoire and a Master in Applied Mathematics from the National university of Côte d’Ivoire. He also holds two professional certificates in risk management: FRM and PRM. He is fluent in both French and English.