ACOA 2025

SPEAKER PROFILES

Eshetu Legesse

African Development Bank (AfDB)

Eshetu is a Division Manager, Financial Management, at the African Development Bank (AfDB) covering Eastern and Sothern African countries, and Nigeria. He has more than thirty years of experience in accounting, reporting, auditing and public financial management. He worked as a Senior/Financial Management Specialist for the World Bank for nine years; and as an Audit Manager/Team Leader/Auditor for the Audit Services Corporation, Ethiopia, for eleven years. He joined the AfDB in 2007 and held various positions, including Chief Financial Management Specialist and Principal disbursement Officer. He is a fellow member of the ACCA and has a BA degree in Accounting and an MBA.