Khady Koné-Dicoh has almost 20 years of African and European private equity investment and investment banking experience.

She joined Amethis a dozen years ago and led a dozen investments and divestments among which investment and exit from the largest supermarket chain in Côte d’Ivoire, CDCI; investment and exit from the leading LPG bottles distributor in Burkina Faso, Sodigaz; investment and listing of the Maurtian logistics company, Velogic; investment in the hospitality and leisure company in Mauritius, Rogers Hospitality; as well as investment in the Ivorian precast concrete company, SIBM, etc. She sits on the boards of several portfolio companies.

Her responsibilities at Amethis include fundraising, deal sourcing as well as leading execution teams. She is head of West and Southern Africa for Amethis.

Prior to joining Amethis, Khady was Manager at Société Générale’s mergers and acquisitions team. Over almost 7 years, she advised and structured many transactions across Europe and Africa in the telecom, health, hospitality, and retail sectors for both strategic players and private equity funds.

Khady holds an Executive MBA from London Business School, a Master of Science in Management from EM Lyon Business School, and a Master of Business Law from Lyon III University.

Khady is of French and Ivorian nationality. She grew up in Côte d’Ivoire.