Maimouna Gueye is a Senior Financial Sector Specialist in the Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Global Practice at the World Bank Group. She is the team lead of the Madagascar Financial Inclusion Project focusing on increasing access to finance for MSMEs and individuals. Maimouna started her career in 2000 working for JP Morgan Chase on Wall Street in NY as a Mutual Funds Portfolio Analyst. After which she spent 10 years at the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) as “Sous-Directeur“ in charge of payment systems policy and regulation. Prior to joining the World Bank’s Finance Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice in 2018, she spent 3 years at AFDB leading the creation of the multi -donor trust fund : Africa Digital Financial Inclusion(ADFI) with essential funding from the Gates Foundation.
She holds an MBA degree in Finance and Economics from St Peters University and a Bachelor of Business from the City University of New York, as well as a certificate in financial inclusion from the Harvard Kennedy School of Business.