Serge Ekué, President of the West African Development Bank (BOAD) and expert in finance, is the winner of the Development Champion Award 2021 of the Rebranding Africa Forum 2021. This award recognizes his exceptional contribution and his tireless work in favor of development priorities of West African countries.

The Development Champion Award 2021 was awarded to Serge Ekué, President of BOAD on Saturday October 30 at the Rebranding Africa Awards (RAF 2021) held in Belgium. For this 7th edition, the ^Rebranding Africa Awards rewarded leading personalities who, through their daily actions in their fields of intervention, trace the paths of development and lead others to change their outlook on the African continent.

Serge Ekué has been the President of BOAD since August 18, 2020. Prior to his arrival at the head of the Community Institution for financing the development of the countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), he had been in charge of the Corporate and Investment Banking (BFI) activities of Natixis since 2016 for the United Kingdom in London. He combined this function with that of Head of Market Solutions for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Serge Ekue was also responsible for the Africa and Russia Departments of Natixis. A recognized expert in Financial Markets and Capital Markets, Serge Ekué led Natixis' Markets Activities for the Asia-Pacific region for nearly six years (2010-2016) before being appointed to the General Management of the bank based in Hong Kong. He has more than twenty years of experience in International Finance, Structured Finance and Markets to have assumed these important responsibilities around the world.