Vanessa Adande

Vanessa Adande is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in both the United States and the CEMAC region, and the founder and managing partner of ELLIPSIS, a financial management advisory firm.

After completing her qualification in the US, she joined Deloitte Paris for four years, then moved to her first African role at Ecobank Benin. She returned to Gabon in 2012 and, after eight years of multi-continental financial experience, founded her own firm focused on accounting and financial management best practices for the African private sector.

A committed gender champion and Ambassador of Women In Africa for Gabon, Vanessa advocates for greater representation of African women in top corporate roles and is an active voice in the fight against sickle cell disease across the continent.