Professional History: Djimhotengar (Edgard) Djerassem is the Chief Risk Officer of EquityBCDC since June 2024, responsible for the enterprise risk management of the Bank, which includes Operational Risks, Market Risks, BCP Risks, IT & Cyber Risks, Fraud Risks, and ESG Risks. He is the Chairman of the Bank's Defense Council.

He began his career as a central banker in 2006 at the Central Bank of Central African States (Cameroon, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, CAR, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea), where he spent 10 years in Risk Management, addressing various topics such as exchange reserves risk (Middle Office), internal rating, operational risks, financial stability, and banking supervision in a region with 52 commercial banks under the oversight of the central bank. During this period, he was frequently involved as a Basel technical referent at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) for banking risk topics, as well as at the Bank of France, Bank of New York Mellon, and the Public Bank of China.

In 2017, he joined the Development Bank of Central African States, for 7 years, where he was the Group Chief Risk Officer, managing the risks associated with a portfolio of loans financing large public infrastructures, corporate entities, SMEs, social investments, and PPPs across the six countries (Cameroon, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, CAR, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea). In this role, he served as a Board Member and head of the Board Risk Committee for the banks in which BDEAC is a shareholder: Commercial Bank of Chad and Banque Congolaise de l’Habitat.

Academic and professional credentials: Executive Certificates
- Harvard Business School, Executive Certificate, Risk Management for Corporate Leaders ;
- Harvard Business School, Executive Certificate, CORe ;
- MIT : Executive Program, Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy ;
- LSE : Executive Certificate, MBA Essentials ;
- Wharton School : Executive Certificate, Leadership & Management

Academic Diploma
- M.Sc, Financial Management, KEDGE Business School ;
- Diploma of Senior Banker (ITB), French School of Banking Profession ;
- Master in International Economics & Globalization, University of Grenoble 2 ;
- Diploma in Statistics, Institute of Statistics and Applied Economy (ISSEA) ;
- 1st year undergraduate Maths Physics IT, University of N'Djamena.

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