Sijh Diagne

Sijh Diagne currently serves as an Advisor to the Vice President Finance & Chief Financial Officer of the African Development Bank, the largest Development Finance Institution in Africa. In his current capacity, he helps coordinate and advise on the Finance complex' contributions to the formulation, review and implementation of the Bank's strategic plans and initiatives. He currently leads special initiative projects pertaining to the rechanneling of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) towards Multilateral Development Banks.

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Prior to his current role, Sijh served for three and a half years as the Senior Advisor to the Minister of Economy, Planning and International Cooperation of Senegal. He provided strategic advice in key priorities at the Ministry and played a lead role in the conception and drafting of the Ministry’s flagship policy programs, including Senegal's economic resilience plan against COVID-19, the Economic recovery plan, an emergency youth jobs plan.

During Senegal's chairmanship of the African Union in 2022,  Sijh participated at the G20 meetings as the Deputy representing the African Union. In that capacity, he was the lead negotiator on key policy documents and defended Africa’s position in those meetings. Prior to joining the Ministry of Economy, Sijh was an Investment Banker in the Technology, Media and Telecom Group at Credit Suisse in New York. He was also a Consultant at Mastercard, covering the largest clients across the Middle East and Africa. He began his career in the Dubai office of Oliver Wyman and covered clients across North America, Middle East and Africa.Sijh obtained his Bachelors degree with honors from Northwestern University and an MBA from Harvard Business School