Guy Albert KENKOUO is a senior economist at the Central Bank of Central African States (BEAC) since October 1, 2008. He holds a PhD in economics from Dschang University and a Master's degree in capital markets from Paris-Dauphine. He is interested in issues relating to access to financing, financial stability and the transmission of monetary policy. To this end, he participates in model development and works on the explanatory factors of interbank rates using capital asset pricing model (CAPM). He is also developing models for valuing non-financial companies and determining bank failure probabilities.
Emmanuel Coffie completed his BSc degree in Statistics and Computer Science at the University of Ghana. He completed MSc degree in Statistics and another MSc degree in Computational Science at the University of Oslo (Norway). He did his PhD in Mathematics at the University of Strathclyde. He is a certified Actuary (Norway), Statistician (UK) and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK). He is a lecturer in financial mathematics at the University of Liverpool (UK).
Armand Leroy is a senior staff at in the direction of studies budget and statistics at the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) since 2008. He belongs to the Project’s team whose task is to provide a DSGE model and thus contributes to the prediction and simulation of the impacts of monetary policy in the BEAC. He has contributed to the implementation of the Composite Index of Economic Activities in the CEMAC zone. Since 2009, he has been involved in the implementation of the CEMAC Economic, Monetary and Financial Database (EMDB). He is currently conducting research on the integration of climate and/or environmental change via a quarterly projection model (QPM). He holds a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Yaoundé I and a Master degree in statistics, economy and monetary policies. He has taught in several higher education institutions in Cameroon.
Cedric H. A. Koffi is a 3rd year PhD at the Institute for Financial and Actuarial Mathematics (IFAM), University of Liverpool. His current research tackles issues of financial inclusion in Microfinance; in particular building credit risk models to understand loan delinquency behaviors in these institutions. He has worked as data scientist in one of the main banks in Ghana (prior to joining the University of Liverpool) where he helped provide invaluable insights to business. During his current PhD, he has been on a research visit at "Afriland First Bank Cameroon”, under the supervision of Professor Olivier Menoukeu Pamen, where he conducted a deep analysis of loan delinquency behaviour in the Credit Risk department, as well as building an early prediction model for the departmen
Chardin Wese, PhD, is a Chair (Full Professor) in Finance at the University of Liverpool with extensive expertise in financial research. He specializes in analyzing financial markets using high-frequency data and advanced econometric techniques, particularly focusing on commodity and equity derivatives. Chardin is recognized for his significant contributions to the field, publishing extensively in prestigious journals and securing external research funding. He has demonstrated academic leadership through curriculum development, notably launching the BSc Finance and Data Analytics program at the University of Liverpool. Chardin's commitment to education is evident through his delivery of high-quality courses for undergraduate, postgraduate, and executive education programs. Additionally, he has delivered keynote speeches at international academic events and serves on the editorial boards of prominent finance journals, showcasing his dedication to advancing the field of finance through research and education.