Binta is the founder of KBConsilium, an initiative that allows her to bring her pan-African and leadership experience to the development of African businesses for greater value creation. Through KBConsilium she also promotes good governance, supports women and young people’s pathways through micro but dignified and impactful initiatives.
Binta currently serves as non-executive independent Board Director in several organisations and chairs the Finance and Audit Committee of the AGRA Board.
Previously, she was the Chief Executive Officer of ORABANK Group (ORAGROUP), where she bolstered its operations as a pan-African banking institution and established ORABANK as a major player in the African banking sector across 12 countries and four monetary zones. In 2018, she successfully conducted the IPO of ORAGROUP at the BRVM (West Africa stock market) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire for an historical amount raised of 57 billion FCFA. Prior to joining ORAGROUP, she was at the ECOBANK Group for nearly 20 years, where she held CEO positions in several operating subsidiaries and senior leadership roles in the Group’s strategic and transformational projects across the 34 ECOBANK countries, whilst serving as a Board member in many of them.
Binta has received numerous professional distinctions, awards and honours, among which the distinction “Chevalier de l’Ordre National” in 2010 from the President of the Republic of Mali, for her outstanding contribution to the economy of Mali.
Binta holds an MBA from the University of Central Oklahoma in the United States and a master’s degree in L.E.A. Business Management from the University Stendhal of Grenoble in France.
