Abidjan, Tuesday, November 24, 2020: Dr. Edoh Kossi AMENOUNVE, Director General of the BRVM, was unanimously re-elected Chairman of the Executive Committee of ASEA (the African Securities Exchanges Association), the Association of African Stock Exchanges, at the end of its General Assembly held virtually this Tuesday, November 24, 2020. His Vice President will be Mr. Thapelo TSHEOLE, CEO of the Botswana Stock Exchange

The Executive Committee of the Association consists of the Johannesburg Stock Exchanges (JSE), Egypt (EGX), Ghana (GSE), Kenya (NSE), Rwanda (RSE), Botswana (BSE), Tanzania (DSE) and Central Africa (BVMAC). African stock exchanges have a capitalization of 1535 billion dollars representing 65% of the continent's GDP as of December 31, 2019

Speaking after his election, he expressed his gratitude to his peers for the trust placed in him and reaffirmed his commitment to working with their support to promote and develop African financial markets. He also indicated his desire to open major projects during his term of office.

Indeed, during this term of office, Dr. Edoh Kossi AMENOUNVE, will be responsible for managing the major ongoing projects, including the implementation of the African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP), the post-COVID-19 recovery strategy, the conduct of high-level discussions of African stock exchanges with the African Union Commission and African regional organizations, the advocacy for depth and liquidity on African markets, in particular through privatizations and the exit of Private Equity funds and finally the strengthening of the capacities of players in the African stock market ecosystem

After his doctoral studies in finance, culminating in a PhD obtained in 1995 at Laval University in Canada, Dr. Edoh Kossi AMENOUNVE has a long career of more than 20 years on capital markets, successively as Director General of the Société de Gestion et d'Intermediation du Togo (SGI-Togo), President of an Asset Management Company, Secretary General of the Ré Authority. Regulation of the UEMOA Regional Financial Market (CREPMF) and Director General of the Regional Securities Exchange (BRVM) and the Central Depositor/Settlement Bank (DC/BR) since 2012.