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Amara Diallo
Strategy Director, Financial Services
amara.diallo@email.com +27 82 900 6543 Johannesburg, South Africa linkedin.com/in/amaradiallo
Professional Summary

Strategy Director at Oliver Wyman with 10 years shaping financial services strategy across Sub-Saharan Africa, East Africa, and MENA. Led 3 full bank restructurings — each returning to profitability within 18 months of programme close. Deep expertise in regulatory response, capital allocation, and retail banking operating model design. Trusted by regulators and board-level clients across 8 African markets.

Select Engagement Metrics
3 Bank restructurings led to full profitability
$420m NPL reduction — East African bank, 2024
8 African markets served across career
41% Avg. cost-to-income improvement, restructuring mandates
Experience
Strategy Director — Financial Services Apr 2021 – Present
Oliver Wyman, Johannesburg
  • A Pan-African bank with operations in 6 countries had a cost-to-income ratio of 78% and rising NPL book of $420m; designed and led a 14-month restructuring programme covering branch rationalisation, credit policy reform, and a new retail segmentation model, bringing cost-to-income to 61% and resolving $280m in NPLs through an asset-management vehicle.
  • Regulatory capital requirements under Basel III left a mid-sized South African bank with a CET1 shortfall of R3.4bn; developed a capital optimisation roadmap including risk-weighted asset compression and a subordinated debt issuance, closing the gap within 9 months and avoiding a supervisory intervention.
  • East African retail bank was losing 12% of its SME customers annually to fintechs; led a full product redesign and digital channel build, cutting SME churn to 4% and growing SME loan book by 34% within 2 years.
Senior Consultant → Manager Jan 2016 – Mar 2021
Oliver Wyman, Johannesburg
  • A West African development finance institution had no structured methodology for portfolio monitoring, resulting in 22% of loans past due undetected until arrears exceeded 90 days; built a real-time early-warning system and retrained 40 credit officers, reducing late detection from 22% to 3% within 6 months.
  • Nigerian insurance group was operating 11 product lines with combined ratio above 110%; conducted a line-by-line profitability analysis and recommended exiting 4 unprofitable lines, improving group combined ratio to 96% and freeing $18m of capital for redeployment.
Skills & Expertise
  • Bank restructuring & turnaround
  • Credit risk & NPL management
  • Regulatory strategy (Basel III/IV, IFRS 9)
  • Retail banking operating models
  • Capital optimisation
  • Board-level advisory
  • Financial modelling & scenario analysis
  • English, French (fluent)
Education
MSc Risk & Finance Sep 2013 – Jun 2015
London School of Economics — Distinction
BCom (Hons), Finance & Accounting Feb 2009 – Nov 2012
University of Cape Town — First Class Honours, Golden Key Society