Sékou David Diakité has served as a Senior Administrative and Financial Assistant at IPA Cote d'Ivoire since August 2017. He has 7 years of professional experience in finance and administration accumulated within the private sector and 1 year at a United Nations peacekeeping mission. He holds a master's degree in Financial Engineering from Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny in partnership with Paris XII Val de Marne University. He holds a master's degree in Management Sciences, also from Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, and is pursuing a PhD in that same subject.