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Sekou Coulibaly
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Sekou Coulibaly

Chairman of the Board of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of France and Ghana, Sekou is the Founder and Executive Director of SEKBI LTD, the company behind SEKBI BOGOLAN™, the first sustainable luxury fashion brand that focuses on “Made In Africa” manufacturing and is geared toward a global audience. Sekou is a French Foreign Trade Advisor appointed by the French Prime Ministry and the Ambassador of France in Ghana.
Sekou started his career as a Marketing Manager Assistant at Dassault Aviation. He joined L’Oréal in 2005 and occupied senior roles for different brands of the group including L’Oréal Paris and Dark & Lovely in France and the USA. In 2013, Sekou was named General Manager for Nigeria and in 2015, was promoted to Managing Director of English-Speaking West Africa’s territory based in Accra, Ghana.
Sekou has a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a Major in International Management, a Concentration in Marketing, and a Minor in Hispanic Studies from McGill University in Montreal. Sekou has a Marketing and Communication Master’s Degree from ESCP-EAP in Paris, France.
Sekou holds a Malian and a French Passport and speaks 4 languages fluently (French, English, Spanish and Bambara).