Professionals of Africa, our teams include over 10 nationalities from North and West Africa, where our main offices are based, as well as from Europe, Central Africa and East Africa. Our teams don’t just work on the African continent: they live there, or have lived there recently, and have extensive networks and intimate knowledge of our environments and their changes.

Our Leadership

Composed of experts from each of the FINACTU Group’s business lines

Denis CHEMILLIER-GENDREAU

President

Denis CHEMILLIER-GENDREAU is a former member of the French Administration and of the PARIBAS merchant bank, where he headed a subsidiary. He founded the FINACTU Group over twenty years ago, drawing on his in-depth knowledge of the inner mechanisms of administration, government, finance, insurance and social protection.

Géraldine MERMOUX
Géraldine MERMOUX

Managing Director – Partner

Managing Director and Partner of FINACTU since 2012, Géraldine MERMOUX leads the Group’s activities by bringing her strong financial expertise and her intimate knowledge of the African continent.

Luc MORIO
Luc MORIO

Partner

Luc MORIO is a Partner at FINACTU since 2022. He is an expert in the African financial sector, advising financial institutions, companies and governments on corporate finance, strategic and operational advisory assignments.

The Team

Our Experts, Managers and Senior Consultants

  • Larbi CHRAIBI

    Larbi CHRAIBI

    Senior Manager

    Larbi CHRAIBI is Senior Manager at FINACTU, where he leads numerous consulting missions for a multitude of public and private institutions in the financial sector in Africa.

  • Lossani ZINA

    Lossani ZINA

    Senior Manager

    Lossani ZINA is Senior Manager at FINACTU Group, where he is involved in a variety of large-scale projects, including assisting major African financial groups

  • Ghita LAMRIKI

    Ghita LAMRIKI

    Manager

    Ghita LAMRIKI is a Manager within the FINACTU Group, specifically dedicated to the fields of financial inclusion and social protection.

  • Guillaume GILKES

    Guillaume GILKES

    Research Director

    Guillaume GILKES is an international expert in finance dedicated to Africa. Key member of the team since 2007, he directs FINACTU Group’s research activities.

  • Guy RASOANAIVO

    Guy RASOANAIVO

    Director Central Africa

    Guy RASOANAIVO is the representative of FINACTU Group in Central Africa. He holds a Ph.D. in Actuarial Science from the University of Connecticut, Storrs (Uconn) in the USA.

  • Sakina AGOUMI

    Sakina AGOUMI

    Senior Consultant

    Sakina AGOUMI is a Senior Consultant at FINACTU Group. She is versatile and works on a variety of missions to support financial groups operating in Africa

  • Christine VAI

    Christine VAI

    Senior Expert

    Christine VAI has over 25 years of experience in corporate finance, banking and academic teaching. Christine worked in the banking sector in France, then moved to Tunisia, where she set up the risk analysis and management department at Banque ABC.

  • Mounir CHERIF

    Mounir CHERIF

    Senior Expert

    Graduate of the Faculty of Tunis with a Master's degree in Economics, Mounir CHERIF is an international expert in social protection and public policies for social development with more than 30 years of experience.

The Team

Our support teams

  • Fatima-Zahra LAKHSSASSI

    Fatima-Zahra LAKHSSASSI

    Head of Human Resources

    Fatima-Zahra LAKHSSASSI is Head of Human Resources for the FINACTU Group. Her role is to support the development of human capital and draw up and manage strategic human resources policy in the broadest sense.

  • Mounia KADIRI

    Mounia KADIRI

    Tender manager

    In the course of her career, Mounia KADIRI has specialised in tendering for public and private contracts in various sectors in France. Drawing on her ten years of experience, she joined FINACTU in 2017 to coordinate the group's biddings.

  • Omar BOULAHYA

    Omar BOULAHYA

    Chief Financial Officer

    Graduate of the University Mohammed V of Rabat and ESDG Rabat in partnership with the University Côte d'Opale (Master in Accounting Audit and Management Control), Omar BOULAHYA has developed his expertise in the accounting and administrative fields by working as a team leader for the company BPO Service and as a supervisor for Maroc Externalisation.