Leila Bouamatou, GBM Mauritania

Dr. Leila Bouamatou, Managing Director of the Générale de Banque de Mauritanie.

Following her strong academic background and professional career in Switzerland, Tunisia, Spain and the United States, Dr. Leila Bouamatou went back to Mauritania to manage the Générale de Banque de Mauritanie her father founded. She made her debut as Head of the Treasury Board of the GBM in 2009, and two years ago became Director and General Manager of the GBM. 
A high-level position that she could brilliantly fulfill thanks to her solid experience in the field of international finance, while refreshing and revitalizing the management of this highly respected investment firm with an unprecedented modernity. Ranked among the “100 Economic Leaders for tomorrow” by the Choiseul Institute and Forbes magazine as well as the “10 Promising Young African business leaders”, this "Afro-capitalist" knows that she should make a name for herself in a conservative country where she is the very first woman to ever head a banking institution.