Bady Baldé

Deputy Executive Director EITI International Secretariat

Bady Baldé has served as Deputy Executive Director of the EITI since 2020, leading a global team that supports the implementation of the EITI Standard across all member countries. As a member of the senior management team, he oversees financial management and guides global policy development on key issues such as transparency in commodity trading, state-owned enterprises (SOEs), artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), and public financial management (PFM). He has over 20 years of experience in public financial management, international development, and government policy in the energy, mining, oil, and gas sectors. Prior to joining the EITI in 2010, Bady worked with the World Bank, the Central Bank of Guinea, and the German development cooperation agency (GIZ). From 2012 to 2013, he took a two-year sabbatical to work with the African Development Bank. Bady has held several board and advisory roles and currently serves on the Board of the Global Battery Alliance, the Sustainability Committee of Mining Indaba, promoting responsible investment in Africa, and the Stakeholder Advisory Group for the Consolidated Mining Standard, a joint initiative of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), the World Gold Council, Copper Mark, and Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM).