Zate Raymond Zoukpo

Dr. Zate Raymond Zoukpo recently retired as Chief Operating Officer at the African Development Bank (AfDB). He obtained his PhD in Economics from the University of Tsukuba, Japan in 1985. As a scholar, Dr. Zoukpo began his career as a Research Fellow with the Ivorian Centre for Economic and Social Research. He later went into banking, where he spent 25 meritorious years across diverse executive roles and functions at African Development Bank (AfDB), from where he retired as Director, First Vice Presidency and Chief Operating Office.