Fabrice ASSOUMOU ESSONO is a private equity and strategy expert with over twenty years of experience gained within international groups operating across various regions of Africa. Since February 2024, he has been serving as Chief Executive Officer of Okoumé Capital.

From 2016 to 2021, he worked as Vice President at SPE Capital Partners, where he played a key role in the launch of SPE AIF I, a pan-African fund of 258 million USD. Between 2019 and 2021, he led SPE Capital’s representative office in Côte d’Ivoire.

Fabrice began his finance career in 2008 in Johannesburg at AIG Capital Partners, where he executed private equity transactions in Nigeria and South Africa.

Before specializing in finance, he worked as a strategy consultant at Frost & Sullivan International in Cape Town from 2005 to 2007, and as a financial auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Libreville from 2002 to 2003.

He holds an MBA with a specialization in Finance from Stellenbosch University, South Africa.