Abdourahmane Cissé, a graduate of IFP School’s Petroleum Economics and Management program (class of 2005), has just joined the financial advisory and asset management firm Lazard as Senior Advisor.
Mr. Cissé began his career in London in 2005 at the investment bank Goldman Sachs, first as an Analyst and then as a Trader.
In 2012, he joined the Ivorian government as Special Advisor in charge of Public Finance. A year later, he became Chief of Staff to Kaba Nialé, at the time Minister of Economy and Finance. He was then appointed Minister in charge of the Budget and State Portfolio.
In 2017, he left the government and became Special Advisor to the President of the Republic in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, before making a notable comeback to head the Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Renewable Energies in 2018.
During his tenure, Mr. Cissé spearheaded the creation of the École supérieure du pétrole et de l’énergie (ESPE). A part of the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Yamassoukro, the ESPE launched in October 2020 two new master’s programs offered in collaboration with IFP Training and IFP School: « Petroleum upstream techniques and economics » and « Petroleum Downstream Techniques and Economics ».
In 2021, Mr. Cissé was appointed Secretary General of the Presidency in Côte d’Ivoire, a position he held until 2023.
As part of Lazard’s Government Advisory team, Mr. Cissé will advise governments on debt management, financing mobilization, investments, economic restructuring and the implementation of sustainable growth strategies.
IFP School congratulates him on his new assignment!
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