Abdramane has over 35 years of senior management experience in various public and private sector entities in Africa and the USA.  Since 2006 he has worked with Bridgestone as a special consultant on the identification and development of power project opportunities in his native Africa, and in particular, on projects in Liberia and Mali.

Abdramane served as managing director for two commodities trading companies operating in the USA, Cote d’Ivoire and Liberia.  He also served as Operations Manager for a large Afro Indonesian logging and wood processing company with annual production of around 1.2 million cubes of log.  As a private consultant, Abdramane played a key role in the successful negotiation of a BOOT concession agreement between the state of Cote d’Ivoire and an international company for the realization of a livestock market-abattoir complex (slaughter house) in Abidjan.

From 1979 to 1989, Abdramane served as Central Director for the Social Security Fund of Cote d’Ivoire directly responsible for the strategic planning of financial resources including investment activities and project management.  He also once headed the legal department at the Social Security Fund.  He holds Bachelor degrees in both corporate law and economics from the University of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire and an MSc in Actuarial Science from the University of Iowa, Iowa City.  He also holds the part 3 exam from the Society of Actuaries.