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Dr. Souley Amadou

Dr. Souley Amadou

General Counsel

African Development Bank Group

A transactional lawyer, Dr. Souley Amadou has over 25 years of substantive legal work experience, including over 20 years spent at the African Development Bank Group. He also assumed the role of Acting Corporate Secretary & General Counsel of Africa50 from 2015 to 2018. 

A highly recognized legal professional for his strategic leadership and management skills in multicultural settings, Dr. Amadou has a robust track record providing legal advice, support and services to the Bank both in public and private sector operations. 

Prior to this appointment, he was the Acting General Counsel and Director of the Legal Services Department since 1st of July 2020. 

As a Manager of the Private Sector Operations Division in the Legal Services Department, a position he has held since 2009, Dr. Amadou has worked effectively to ensure proper due diligence of legal aspects for all non-sovereign operations of the Bank Group. He has demonstrated innovation in people management and mentorship with strong backing from a core team of lawyers he has put in place. 

Dr. Amadou actively participated in the design and implementation of ground-breaking initiatives to mobilize third-party funding from sovereign and non-sovereign entities such as Africa50. Other key achievements include effectively counseling governments in the development and preparation of legal and contractual regimes and the structuring of complex public private partnerships. 

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04 February, 2026

SCCA 5th International Conference and Exhibition

Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA)

English & Arabic
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