Tidjane Thiam

After some other acquisitions Octide hired Daoudou Thiam a former Managing Director of the national oil refinery SIR (and brother of the President's Economic Advisor Tidjane Thiam)...

Also supportive are Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan who is keen to see English language activities expand and Bédié's high-flying counsellor Tidjane Thiam...

The young bright Tidjane Thiam son of a PDCI-RDA veteran and Houphouët- Boigny's nephew is both head of the special projects management directorate (Bureau Nationale d'Etudes Techniques et de Développement formerly the Grands Travaux) and Bédié's special economic advisor...