Over the past five years, Thiaba has focused on investment activities, financial inclusion, business administration and supporting women entrepreneurs.
During a rich 33-year career in auditing, accounting and management consulting, Thiaba has served numerous public institutions and private companies in virtually all sectors of the West African economy, which has allowed him to develop a strong international professional network over time.
For 27 years, she headed Deloitte Senegal, the consulting, accounting and auditing firm that she founded in 1990.
Served for 8 years (2009 to 2017) on the board of directors of Deloitte Afrique, a holding company bringing together all of Deloitte’s member firms in French-speaking Africa.
She then briefly joined the partnership of AFIG Funds, a leading African private equity firm, where she served as Chief Operating Officer in 2017 and 2018.
Thiaba is co-founder of the Women’s Investment Club (WIC) and chair of the board of directors of WIC CAPITAL, an impact fund dedicated to promoting female entrepreneurship in West Africa.
She also sits as a non-executive director on the boards of leading Senegalese companies, including La Laiterie du Berger (leader in the collection and processing of local fresh milk), PAYDUNYA (startup offering a digital payment aggregation solution), FAR Limited Senegal (oil exploration company).
Thiaba is also very involved in the voluntary sector and part of her CSR actions has always been geared towards education and the defense of the rights of women and children.
She sits on the board of directors of TOSTAN International, an American humanitarian NGO present in six West African countries, where she chairs the audit committee.
Thiaba is a graduate of the École supérieure de commerce de Paris (ESCP). She is a certified public accountant and has served on the board of the National Order of Chartered Accountants of Senegal (ONECCA), where she was Secretary General and President of the National Quality Assurance Committee.
She also holds a Professional Coach diploma registered in France in the National Directory of Professional Certifications and supports, through coaching, mentoring and advice, young women business leaders to help them develop their potential and improve their managerial performance.
