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Ex-Crédit Suisse boss Tidjane Thiam ponders publishing his story

Tidjane Thiam, former head of Crédit Suisse. © Ennio Leanza/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

As the Swiss banking giant regroups following the departure of its chairman António Horta-Osório this week, its former CEO Tidjane Thiam, also forced to resign in February 2020, has been looking for a publisher for his memoirs, in which he intends to provide a detailed account of his childhood in Ivory Coast. [...]

Published on 21/01/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Secret conversations between Alassane Ouattara and Tidjane Thiam

The previously strained relations between the Ivorian president and the Franco-Ivorian financier have eased in recent months. The two have spoken several times on the phone and those around the former Credit Suisse chief executive are now starting to refer implicitly to plans to visit Abidjan.

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The former CEO of Credit Suisse, Tidjane Thiam, is part of the official delegation accompanying President Emmanuel Macron to Kigali on 27 May, alongside a few ministers and hand-picked business leaders.

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Presidential election: Tidjane Thiam prepares to return to Abidjan in a back seat role

After having maintained a certain ambiguity over the possibility of his entering into the political fray for some months, financier Tidjane Thiam is finally to settle for a supporting role alongside future PDCI presidential candidate Henri Konan Bédié.

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African bankers Thiam, Kaberuka, Onkojo-Iwelea reinvent themselves as debt reduction crusaders

In a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, a small group of financiers are lobbying intensely to get holders of African eurobonds to postpone their redemption dates for two years. The campaign is as advantageous for those waging it, however, as it is for its potential beneficiaries.

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Former Credit Suisse head Tidjane Thiam tests his presidential credentials

Officially, Tidjane Thiam is pursuing his career in finance as if nothing else was happening. After having been forced to resign as chief executive of Crédit Suisse in February, he is set to become a director of the Pinault family's Kering luxury goods group at its next general shareholders' meeting, which has been postponed to June 23.

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Africa
Ex-Crédit Suisse boss Tidjane Thiam ponders publishing his story

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Secret conversations between Alassane Ouattara and Tidjane Thiam

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Tidjane Thiam joins Macron's Kigali delegation

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