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Eric Kalala

CEO, Entreprise Générale du Cobalt, DRC

Eric Kalala is a senior executive with extensive experience in corporate governance, finance, and strategic logistics, built over more than twenty years in international and institutionally complex environments. He holds a Master’s degree in Management Engineering from the Institute of Administration and Management at Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium, 2003). He further completed a CEMS Master’s in International Management at HEC Paris (2004), followed by the General Management Program (GMP) at Harvard Business School (2015). He began his career in corporate finance with the Bolloré Group in 2003. From 2012 onward, he transitioned into corporate governance and executive leadership roles, serving as Managing Director, and later as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 2019 to 2023. In parallel, he served as Deputy CEO of Havas Media DRC between 2018 and 2020 and has been President of the Vivendi Africa Group in the DRC since 2022. In June 2023, he was appointed Chief Executi

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