Ms. Yacine FAL

Experienced Business Development Specialist

Yacine Fal is a seasoned development finance executive with over 20 years of experience in business development, regional integration, institutional management, legal affairs and procurement. She served, until recently, as Special Representative of the President of the African Development Bank for the Africa Investment Forum, where she supported the strengthening of strategic alliances and partnerships and advised on the Forum’s governance and institutional positioning.

Ms. Fal has held several senior leadership positions at the African Development Bank, including Vice-President for Regional Development, Integration and Service Delivery, Director General of the President’s Cabinet Office, Deputy Director General for North Africa, and Resident Representative in Morocco. In these roles, she provided strategic and operational leadership across the Bank’s regional directorates and country offices, managed significant development portfolios, and led high-level engagement with governments, regional economic communities and development partners.

Earlier in her career at the Bank, Ms. Fal served as Manager of the Procurement Services Division and Principal Legal Counsel in the Procurement Unit. Her responsibilities included contributing to the development of procurement rules and policies, advising on Bank-financed projects, supporting institutional reforms and representing the Bank in international working groups, including UNCITRAL initiatives on public procurement. Her career combines legal expertise with extensive experience in development finance, governance, institutional reform and strategic leadership.

Ms. Fal holds a postgraduate degree in International Law from the University Paris X–Nanterre and university degrees in Law, with a specialization in Tax and Corporate Law, from the University of Dakar. She also completed the Senior Managers in Government Executive Program at Harvard Kennedy School.