Leadership
Executive Team
Abdoulaye Souleymane Diallo
Souleymane is a finance professional with wide ranging experience in the Banking Industry, Insurance Industry, the pension, mutual funds, and money market fund services. He is the founder and CEO of Business Beyond Borders Group Inc., a consulting firm that provides consulting services to American Companies and individuals looking to invest in Africa.
Souleymane is a founding member and was Executive President, now Chairman of the Finance Committee of the largest community organization of Guineans in the US, the NGO Pottal Fii Bhantal. He is also a founding member and former president of JVC (La Joie de Vivre en Commun), founding member of JEG (Junior Entreprise de Guinee), founding member of and former General Secretary of GSC-USA (Guinean Student Community – USA). Mr. Diallo holds an MBA in finance.
Salifou Camara
Salifou has 15+ years of experience in Supply Chain management and Logistics strategy development and execution. Salifou has managed teams from 3 to 300+ employees (direct and indirect reports). His experience was acquired working in the Manufacturing, Chemical, Food, Sporting Goods, and Retail industries.
A proponent of dynamic collaboration, Salifou co-founded the 501c3 NGO Guinea Promise that provides future leaders educational and entrepreneurial opportunities to improve their communities. Salifou, along with other co-founders, built from the ground up the self-funded NGO and built a science lab in Guinea and offered merit-based student scholarships.
Aminata B. Barry
Aminata is a business leader with a passion for driving economic growth, fostering collaboration, and empowering businesses to thrive. She serves as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Business Beyond Borders (BBB) Group Inc and a licensed Real Estate Agent. Aminata is also Board Member of the International Diaspora Organization (IDO) in Delaware, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting cultural diversity.
Aminata holds a Bachelor’s degree in accounting from Rutgers University, and a Master’s Degree in Audit/Accounting from Purdue University.
Djenabou Yattara
Djenabou is the CEO of SPIRIT SAS, an Internet support company in Conakry, Guinea that aims to solve some of the network problems in Guinea. She is the founder of Ascenceur LLC, a healthcare services company and ESCALIERS DBA, an E-commerce business.
Halima Bah
Halima Bah is a Grants Manager in Corporate Responsibility at JPMorgan Chase, focusing on the deployment of the firm’s philanthropic capital through its various US Markets. In this role, Halima helps process hundreds of grants to local non-profits and regularly works with internal stakeholders to advise on ways to deploy funds and create cross-functional collaboration. Prior to this role, Halima worked in Finance & Business Management, first in CIB Payments and then in CCB Digital. Before JPMC, Halima worked as Financial Analyst in Management Reporting for Credit Agricole and Natixis CIB.
Halima graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Economics, with concentrations in African Studies and Economic Development. Halima enjoys spending time with her family, especially traveling with her 3 kids. Co-lead on Guinea Fintech Week and a member of the Guinean Angel Investors Network, she is passionate about supporting tech entrepreneurs and helping grow the private investment ecosystem in her native Guinea.
Nany Conde
Nany is a licensed financial professional and medical practitioner. She is the founder of Health and Wealth with Nany, an education platform to promote healthcare literary and continued medical education for healthcare organizations. Nany serves as Chief Operating Officer of GPN Solutions, a consulting firm that facilitates business relations U.S investors and African companies. She is also Ambassador of Peace for the Universal Peace Federation.
Mohamed Cherif Diallo
Mohamed is a financial analyst with more than 10 years of expertise specializing in financial management, financial reporting, building relationships, revenue recognition, forecasting, month-end financial close processes and review of financial data. He pioneered the implementation of numerous projects for the United Nations and International Organizations with a driven focus on accurate financial reporting, successful annual audit, building relationships and ensuring efficient internal control system.
He currently serves as the Executive Director/Finance and Grant Management for the International Rescue Committee (IRC).
Sidy Bah
Sidy Bah is the CEO and Founder of One Click Digital System, a software company that specializes in innovative digital solutions for business automation and marketing. With over a decade of experience in communication and digital transformation, his unique approach combines artificial intelligence, digital marketing excellence, and automated systems to help businesses thrive in the digital age.
Sidy is a certified Digital Marketer and has successfully delivered customized solutions to clients across the United States, Canada, Guinea, and Mali. His expertise includes Search Engine Optimization (SEO); Online Reputation Management; Social Media Management & Strategy; Content Marketing & Creation; Custom Digital Solutions; Artificial Intelligence Integration; Digital Magazine Design and Digital Transformation, positioning him as a reliable partner in bridging technological gaps between Africa and North America.
Board of Directors
Felix B. Leno
Felix is an experienced attorney and risk management executive with over 17 years’ experience in the banking industry with various organizations such as Citibank, Piermont Bank, KEB Hana Bank. Felix has strong experience in U.S prudential bank regulations. He has led regulatory examinations and regulatory remediation projects and served as bank-side lead point of contact for examinations and ongoing supervision with the FDIC, OCC, FRB, and New York State Department of Financial Services. He has advised bank corporate boards on governance matters in New York City. He has played a key role in the development of Strategic Plans. He has written Management Succession Plans and led Board assessments. Served as Secretary of the Board and Board Committees (Risk Committee, Audit Committee, Compliance Committee) for 4 years.
Sadjo Bah
Sadjo is an entrepreneur. He is the CEO of Bah Realty Group LLC., a real estate brokerage firm based in New York.
Aboubacar Akoumba Diallo
Aboubacar Akoumba is an investigative journalist specialized on governance issues in the extractive industry and financial crimes in Guinea. His work has focused on promoting transparency in the mining sector including transparency related to mining contracts signed between governments and transparency in the allocation of mining revenue. Aboubacar Akoumba was the first representative of the Association of Independent Press Editors of Guinea to the National Committee on the Transparency in the Extractive Industries. Aboubacar Akoumba currently serves as Chief Investigative Journalist and General Counsel for Groupe Frequence Medias (Guinea).
Nene Mariama Barry
Nene Mariama is financial management executive. She has worked for several financial institution such as JP Morgan Chase Bank, United Bank for Africa, PricewaterhouseCoopers before joining the humanitarian world as an International Consultant focused on resources mobilization for developing countries in the health sector. Nene Mariama currently serves as Country Liaison Officer for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. In this role, she oversees, develop, and implement strategies for children missing out on vaccination and address gender related barrier to promote immunization equity in the rural area.
