Mr. Thierno Habib HANN is the Permanent Representative of the Shelter Afrique Development Bank.

He holds a Master's degree in Finance and Investments from New York University, a Master's degree in Accounting and Finance and a Bachelor's degree in Management and Applied Economics from Paris IX Dauphine University.

With over 20 years of experience in strategic positions in the banking sector, as well as in multilateral development finance institutions, Mr. HANN is the Managing Director of the Shelter Afrique Development Bank, based in Nairobi, Kenya. He was also the Head of Housing Finance for Asia/Pacific, and Head of Africa and the Middle East at the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

He also worked for the World Bank Group as the Private Sector Development Program Manager in Guinea, responsible for designing and implementing the business climate improvement program while developing a pipeline of bankable investments and advisory projects to the government in strategic sectors of the economy.)