Amadou Colley

Amadou Colley (* 10. October 1962 in Sanchaba Sulay Jobe ) is an economist and former Central Bank - Governor in the West African country Gambia .

Life

Colley received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone University in June 1988. From 1997 to 1999 he received his Masters of Business Administration in International Banking and Finance from Birmingham Business School in the UK .

Colley worked for the Gambia Commercial and Development Bank until 1985. From 1989 he was an auditor in the National Audit Office .

From 1992 he worked at the Central Bank of Gambia , from 2005 as Assistant Director and from 2006 as Director of Banking Department . With effect from December 3, 2010, he was appointed Governor of the Central Bank to succeed Momodou Bamba Saho . He held this post until May 8, 2017.

In September 2019, the results of the Janneh Commission , a committee of inquiry set up by President Adama Barrow to investigate the financial activities of former President Yahya Jammeh , were published. Accordingly, Colley had facilitated and facilitated illegal financial transactions Jammehs worth several million US dollars. As a result, he was banned from public service for life and banned from running a state company for ten years.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Amadou Colley is new Central Bank Governor - Daily Observer. In: archive.org. December 10, 2010, archived from the original on October 31, 2013 ; accessed on February 5, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES OF PUBLIC BODIES, ENTERPRISES AND OFFICES AS REGARDS THEIR DEALINGS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT YAHYA AJJ JAMMEH AND CONNECTED MATTERS REPORT VOLUME 9. Retrieved January 14, 2020 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Momodou Bamba Saho	Governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia 2010-2017	Bakary Jammeh

personal data
SURNAME	Colley, Amadou
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Gambian economist, governor of the central bank
DATE OF BIRTH	October 10, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sukuta (West Coast Region)

[observer101210-1] A ^b ^c Amadou Colley is new Central Bank Governor - Daily Observer. In: archive.org. December 10, 2010, archived from the original on October 31, 2013 ; accessed on February 5, 2017 .

[:0-2] COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES OF PUBLIC BODIES, ENTERPRISES AND OFFICES AS REGARDS THEIR DEALINGS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT YAHYA AJJ JAMMEH AND CONNECTED MATTERS REPORT VOLUME 9. Retrieved January 14, 2020 .