Assietou is a seasoned financial expert with diverse international experience in leading public and private organizations. She joined Integrate Health in May as Global Managing Director, based in Lomé. Until recently she was CFO of Gavi (Geneva). Before joining Gavi, she worked at the African Union based in Addis Ababa, where she oversaw the Directorate of Programming, Budgeting, Finance and Accounting. Previously Assietou held senior executive positions in the private sector, working for financial institutions in the UAE, the UK and Senegal. She began her career working as a senior auditor in Paris. Assietou holds a Master degree in Business Administration from “Sup De Co” in France and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
Passionate about “strengthening public finance management in Africa, she collaborates with various international regulators, financing institutions and the African professional accountancy organizations (PAOs) to advance this agenda. She is also engaged in the development of the Not-for-Profit sector is a member of the IFR4NPO Steering group alongside with sitting on the Board of leading non-profit organizations.