Executive Committee

Valéry Kammogne Fokam studied Business Administration after graduating in Electrical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany. He joined the management committee of Afriland First Group in 2009, the same year he became a Board member of the Group. Valéry Kammogne Fokam is presently the General Manager of Sitracel, where he began his career in 2004 as Head of the Research and Development Department and then moved to the position of Head of Sales and Markets Development Department. He sits on the Boards of several other industrial, investment and insurance companies. He is fluent in English, French and German.

Mr. Jean-Paul Kamdem graduated from the University of Limoges where he obtained a Master’s degree in Economic Sciences in 1991 and a Postgraduate Certificate (DEA) in Monetary Economics in 1992. The following year he obtained an MSc in Banking, Money and Finance from the University of Birmingham (UK). He joined Afriland First Bank Cameroon in 1994 where he started his career in the Research and Development Department, then moved to the Inspectorate, and later to the Marketing Department and the Loans Department, before being appointed Head of the Paris Business Office of Afriland First Bank from 2001 to 2014. Mr. Kamdem holds the Certificate of Advanced Banking Studies (CESB Banking Management) from the CFPB / HEC Paris Group, and a Certificate of Higher Education in Business (CESA) from HEC Paris (France). He was appointed Risk and Finance Manager of Afriland First Group in June 2014. In 2017, he was promoted to the Group’s Executive Vice President in charge of Resources and Risks. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Afriland First Group since 2021.

Joseph TOUBI became Executive Vice President of Afriland First Group in 2008 and is in charge of business development and international relationships, after serving as Advisor to the Afriland First Bank Chairman for 9 years. He is equally Board Chairman of Afriland First Bank Congo Démocratique, member of the Board of Directors of Afriland First Bank Côte d’Ivoire, and member of the Board of Directors of Afriland First Bank Guinea. He sits on the supervisory committee of Micro Trust Fund, a risk-venture fund for micro-enterprises. Mr TOUBI graduated as an engineer from the prestigious École Centrale de Paris and has 30 years of experience in banking. He joined Afriland First Bank Cameroun as Internal Auditor in 1997, after serving for two years as Assistant Financial Controller at BIAO Bank Cameroon and for five years as Head of Administration & Budget Control at Société Générale de Banques du Cameroun. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Afriland First Group since 2021, and chairs both the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee since 2024.