Ecobank Kenya has announced that it has appointed Cheick Travaly as the new MD. He will replace Mr. Adjei who formally retires on 29th April 2019.
Mr. Cheick Travaly is currently the Regional Chief Operating Officer for Central, Eastern and Southern Africa (CESA). Samuel Ashitey Adjei, MD of Ecobank Kenya and Regional Executive of Central, Eastern and Southern Africa (CESA), retires after 29 years of outstanding service to Ecobank.
Cheick Travaly has 28 years of professional experience, the last 14 of which have been spent as a Banking Executive serving six different countries. He holds two Master’s degrees, one in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina and another in Economics from the University of Dakar in Sénégal.
Mr. Travaly began his career in the mining sector in Guinea, before making a permanent move into the banking industry. One of his early roles was as a Local Corporate Manager for Citibank Senegal, however, he has been employed at Ecobank since 2001 when he took the role of Corporate Bank Head at Ecobank Senegal.