Mahamadi Sougrinoma Zoromé

Managing Director of Banque Agricole du Faso (BADF)

Mahamadi Sougrinoma ZOROME is a Burkinabè banking executive with 27 years of professional experience, including 24 years in the West African Monetary Union (WAMU) banking sector. He is recognised for his expertise in bank restructuring and transformation. 

Since May 2023, he has served as Managing Director of Banque Agricole du Faso (BADF), where he is leading the bank’s recovery and turnaround. He spearheaded a CFAF 31.9 billion recapitalisation, which received the non-objection opinion of the WAMU Banking Commission. Under his leadership, the bank’s effective equity has returned to positive territory, and more than CFAF 30 billion in non-performing loans has been recovered. He has also overseen a comprehensive overhaul of the bank’s governance framework, with 135 policies and procedures formally established. 

Previously, he held senior management positions within several pan-African banking groups, including CBAO–Attijariwafa Bank, UBA and BSIC. In these roles, he led business launches, branch network expansion, post-acquisition integration and the structuring of syndicated financing transactions. 

A court-appointed expert in banking activities and an arbitrator at CAMC-O, he has been training banking professionals across West Africa and the wider subregion since 2008, notably at the École Supérieure de la Banque and CESAG. He holds an MBA from Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University and is completing a PhD in Management Sciences. 

He is a Knight of the National Order of Burkina Faso.