Vista Bank Burkina has a new Managing Director. He is Burkinabe national Moumounou Gnankambary, whose appointment was validated by the bank's extraordinary Board of Directors, which met in Bangkok on Friday, 16 October 2026.
He succeeds Mohamed Ba as head of the Burkinabe subsidiary of the Vista Group. Moumounou Gnankambary has dedicated a significant portion of his career to the management of public finances.
After beginning at the Ministry of Economy and Finance as a project officer at the General Directorate of the Budget, he became its Director General in January 2005, before taking the helm of the General Directorate of the Treasury and Public Accounting in August 2007. He held this position until January 2015, then became Technical Advisor to the Minister of Economy and Finance, a role he fulfilled until April 2021.
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Notably, he represented Burkina Faso on the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), sat on the Banking Commission of the UMOA, and participated in the work of the UMOA-Titres Agency. Furthermore, he represented the Burkinabe state on the Board of Directors of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Burkina between 2016 and 2021.
The new executive is already familiar with the Vista Group environment. Since December 2016, he has served on the Board of Directors of Vista Bank Guinea as an independent director.
He also joined the Boards of Directors of Vista Assurances Niger in June 2026 and Vista Bank Chad in August 2026. These positions allowed him to engage with several entities within the group prior to his appointment as head of the Burkinabe bank.
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Following his time at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, he directed the National Office of Major Projects of Burkina at the Presidency of Faso in 2022, before pursuing consulting activities. Fanuelle YAO.
Published on 19/10/26 10:56. The Editorial Staff