Member since December 13, 2025

Currently, he serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX). Prior to this role, he held several senior leadership and advisory positions, including Senior Project Manager at the Ethiopian Securities Exchange Project Office, Private Sector Development Specialist and Task Team Lead at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Senior Policy Advisor at the Ethiopian Investment Commission.

He also served as a Research Fellow and Doctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich, Germany, and as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Globalization, OBREAL, IELPO at the University of Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain. In academia, he has served as a Lecturer at Haramaya University and as an Adjunct Lecturer at Addis Ababa University.

He was also a member of the national technical and negotiating committee that led Ethiopia’s accession process to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). In addition, he contributed to the establishment of Ethiopian Investment Holdings as a member of the national committee of experts. He has also served as an invited lecturer, PhD advisor, and academic evaluator for institutions including the University of Turin, Haramaya University, Addis Ababa University, and Bahir Dar University.

He earned his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in International Law and Economics from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. He also holds an LL.M. in International Economic Law and Policy, cum laude, from the University of Barcelona, an LL.M. in Business Law, cum laude, from Addis Ababa University, and an LL.B. in Law, cum laude, from Haramaya University.

Chairperson of Fund Mobilization & Credit Committee; Member of Nomination & Remuneration Committee