Our Team

The People Behind StratBIC

StratBIC's leadership combines its founder with a board of independent Non-Executive Directors bringing multilateral-institution, human capital, and legal-fiscal governance expertise — and is built, deliberately, to grow as the practice grows.

Founder & Managing Partner

Led by François Joseph N'GATTA BLEY


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François Joseph N'GATTA BLEY

Founder & Managing Partner, StratBIC

Nearly twenty years of progressive experience in the mining industry — first-hand knowledge of mining operations, business strategy, project development, corporate finance, operational excellence, and stakeholder engagement — combined with a multidisciplinary education built specifically around StratBIC's five practice pillars, and international exposure across Canada, France, and the United States.

MBA — EGE Paris M2 MAE — Poitiers Univ. of Toronto — MIMP MIT Sloan — AI Strategy FMVA® SBSP™ CMC-GI Member
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Board & Governance

Non-Executive Directors

Two independent Non-Executive Directors bring multilateral-institution, human capital, and legal-fiscal governance expertise to StratBIC's board.


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Jean-Paul A. Ehounou, GRP

Non-Executive Director — Human Capital & Culture

Nearly three decades in senior leadership roles at the African Development Bank, spanning Human Resources, Corporate Procurement, Pension Plan Administration, and Decentralisation Strategy — including service as the Bank's Official Representative in Côte d'Ivoire. A Certified Global Remuneration Professional with graduate training in Operations Research from Ohio University and executive education from Cranfield University and HEC Montréal, Jean-Paul brings multilateral-institution governance rigour to StratBIC's human capital, leadership succession, and remuneration advisory.

MSc — Ohio University GRP® Cranfield University HEC Montréal
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Amadou Billo Diallo

Non-Executive Director — Governance, Legal, Compliance & Tax

Attorney and Founding Partner of Cabinet C2A Guinée S.A., the leading tax and legal advisory firm in the Republic of Guinea. With over 25 years advising government and major mining, telecoms, and financial institutions on Guinean and international taxation, Billo has contributed to national fiscal policy — including Guinea's General Tax Code revision and the Mauritanian Mining Code — and authored the reference work Précis de Fiscalité Guinéenne. He brings deep regulatory, tax, and governance expertise to StratBIC's legal, compliance, and fiscal advisory practice.

DJCE — Strasbourg DESS Fiscalité — Strasbourg Cert. Sup. Fiscalité — Montpellier Founder — Cabinet C2A
Growing the Team

Future Team Profiles

As StratBIC's practice grows, additional colleagues will join the firm's core leadership and delivery team — each profile added here as they come on board.


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Beyond its core team, StratBIC extends capacity engagement by engagement through a curated network of independent specialist associates — financial analysts, sector experts, local-market advisors. See Our Network on the Approach page for how this works.

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