Ismahill DIABY

After 13 years of professional experience mainly spent in the financial services and banking industries in Europe & Africa, He joined Visa International Moroccan offices, as a Business Development Leader for Western Francophone Africa before taking the lead of the Western & Central Francophone & Lusophony Africa region (18 countries) managed from the new Visa offices in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire). He oversees Visa’s operations in the region. He is the current Vice president, head of western and Central Africa.

Right before joining Visa International, Ismahill DIABY successively held the following positions: Regional Marketing Manager for West Africa at Western Union where he managed during 7 years the Marketing and Business Development for nine (9) Francophone & Anglophone countries in West Africa and he most recently spent 3 years with BNP Paribas where he successively held the positions of Head of Business Development and Deputy Director of the Retail Banking of their subsidiary in Cote d’Ivoire.