Career
Jean François has more than 45 years of professional experience in finance. He is a chartered accountant and a trainer in Corporate Finance, financial accounting, IFRS and Audit.
He was a Partner at KPMG Paris Corporate Finance, after having been Manager and then Partner of the audit and advisory network Midgley, Snelling LLP-FCN (Paris, London, Casablanca, Abidjan, Accra).
He carried out strategic positioning audits for the BCEAO, was a European Union expert for institutional support to the development of management sciences (Senegal, Algeria), and supported Ministries of Finance in developing countries.
He is a (emeritus) University Professor at Dauphine, Director of doctoral research and co-head of the MBA International Paris (Dauphine – IAE de Paris I La Sorbonne – CESAG Dakar).
Education
- Chartered Accountant and Statutory Auditor diploma
- Agrégé of the University (Economics and management)
- PhD in Economics — Paris Dauphine University
- Postgraduate degree in economics — University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Areas of expertise
- Audit & Statutory auditing
- Corporate Finance
- IFRS & accounting standards
- Strategic advisory
- Executive training
- Governance
- African financial markets
- Higher education & Research
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