Abdoul Aziz Ba is currently the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM).

Formerly the Executive Director of Business Operations of the IILM, Abdoul Aziz Ba has been a key member of the IILM’s executive and leadership team since 2011 that spearheaded the inaugural launch of the IILM Sukūk issuance programme in 2013. He assumed the Acting CEO role in January 2017.

Abdoul Aziz Ba has 20 years of experience in investment banking from renowned global financial institutions, namely, HSBC Bank, Calyon and BNP Paribas, with attachments in Paris, London, and Bahrain. His extensive experience includes various roles in Islamic debt capital markets (DCM), ranging from origination and debt structuring to distribution process of high profile DCM and securitisation transactions. Abdoul Aziz Ba holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the Université Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris.