Elhadj Malick SOUMARÉ holds a PhD in Civil Engineering, a PhD in Management Sciences and he also holds a Post-graduate Diploma in Project Management and Economic Regulation, another Post-graduate Diploma in Business Administration and an MBA in Management. He has been a Project Manager at the State agency AGETIP, Head of Acquisitions Division at the WAEMU Commission in Ouagadougou, Senior Procurement Specialist at AfDB. He is currently Global Lead Procurement Specialist at Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah. He has been a temporary professor since 2006 at the Advanced Polytechnic School of Senegal and the International University of Dakar.