Adesina Appoints Ms. Yacine Fal as Director General, Cabinet Office of the President

African Development Bank has appointed Ms. Yacine Fal as the Director General, Cabinet Office of the President, effective from November 1st 2020.

According to a statement put out by the multilateral financial institution, Ms. FaI will oversee the administrative and operational work and activities of the Cabinet Office of the President as the new Director General.

Mainly, “she will provide oversight of all units and departments directly reporting to the President. She will also ensure enhanced delivery efficiency and effectiveness for all Presidential initiatives and Bank operations, as per agreements with respective Vice Presidency Complexes. She will oversee the work of senior staff to improve overall coordination and engagement of the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors with the Board.”

Yacine Fal is a Senegalese citizen with Masters of Law degree from the University of Dakar and obtained her postgraduate degree in international law from the University of Paris X.

Commenting on her appointment, Yacine said “I am greatly honored by the confidence reposed in me by President Adesina to support him in ensuring the successful implementation of his bold vision for the Bank and the continent. I look forward to leading teams in the President’s Cabinet Office to provide managerial, administrative and operational bandwidth and to assure the success of the President’s vision and mandate following his historic re-election with 100% vote of the Bank’s shareholders.”

Speaking on her appointment, Dr. Adesina, the President, AfDB, said “Yacine is a highly capable manager. She brings vast knowledge and experience of the Bank’s legal, procurement, human resources, processes, systems, and operations to her new position. I am delighted to have Yacine lead a restructured Cabinet Office of the President that will comprehensively support the delivery of my vision and mandate to strengthen the Bank and accel erate Africa’s devel opment.”