Thierry TANOH has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of CRRH-UEMOA since 20 March 2023.

A product of École Supérieure de Commerce d’Abidjan (ESCA) and a chartered accountant, he holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

For several years, he was Minister of Petroleum, Energy, and Renewable Energy, Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Managing Director of the Ecobank Group, Vice President for Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean, and Western Europe of the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

He is a member of several boards or strategic councils of companies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including the Azalai Group, the Mercy Corps Foundation, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and Yale University’s Presidential Council for International Affairs