Team
32 staff serving the firm’s clients in Bamako.
Partner and engagement leaders
Soumana MAKADJI
Managing partner, signing partner
In practice since December 1982; managing partner of the firm since it was founded in 1987
Qualifications
- Chartered accountant registered with ONECCA-MALI
- Higher certificate in law and tax of the French chartered accountancy diploma
- Diplôme d'études comptables supérieures (DECS)
- Master's degree in economics, University of Besançon
Areas
- Statutory audit of banks and financial institutions
- Audit of donor-funded projects
- Valuations and engagements for the State (SOTELMA, water sector)
- Tax and employment advice
Boubakar SANTARA
Senior Manager
With the firm since 1991, audit manager since 1999, Senior Manager since 2010; more than 30 years of audit and advisory work at the firm
Qualifications
- Degree in economics (master's equivalent), business management option, Faculty of Economics and Management of Tunis
- Audit consultant certificate, USDA Graduate School
Areas
- Statutory audit of banks and financial institutions
- Audit of projects funded by the World Bank, AfDB, USAID and Norwegian cooperation
- Engagement planning and supervision
Mahamadou SYLLA
Engagement director
With the firm since 2001, engagement director since 2015
Qualifications
- Graduate diploma of the Institut Technique de Banque (ITB), Nanterre
- Technical teaching diploma, management option, École nationale d'ingénieurs, Bamako
- Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
Areas
- Bank statutory audit (reports on internal control and compliance with banking regulations)
- Audit of projects and NGOs
- Risk, compliance and AML/CFT