Chief Financial Officer, he has held several positions of responsibility within the Customs Administration including: Head of the Central Office of Customs in Bouaké, Regional Director of Bouaké and Abengourou Customs with the rank of Director of Central Administration and Chief Inspector of Customs. He also holds several degrees including HEC/Paris/MIRI, Deloitte Customs Audit and Internal Audit and Control of the International Institute of Auditors (IIA). As well, he holds the Certificate of International Humanitarian Law from the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in Sanremo, Italy. Colonel KAMAGATE holds an MBA in Economic intelligence from the Paris Graduate School of Management, and a Certificate in Economic Intelligence and Corporate Diplomacy from ACCI.

A Specialist in compliance, strategy and commercial action, he has worked for Bosch Service Solutions, Google GmbH, Mytoys, OfficeLine-Management, Europcar, Ikea, TIP Auto, and Ferratum Group. He has also worked for the Berlin Film Festival and more recently at Deutsche Bank. Certified in “Economic Intelligence and Corporate Diplomacy” by ACCI, he holds degrees in Technology and Innovation Management and in Business Management (Berlin Technical University). Besides, he holds two degrees from the Free University of Berlin: one in General University Studies and the other in Germanistics and Linguistics. Mr. Gabriel Bienvenu OLINGA OLINGA writes and speaks fluent English, French, German and several African dialects.