Biographie:

Maginnot ABANDA is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Yaoundé II, guest lecturer at the Institut Québécois des Affaires Internationales, at the University of Douala in the Master Petromines program, at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines et industries pétrolières of the University of Maroua and at the Ecole Supérieure de Transformation Minière et Energétique of the University of Bertoua. Consultant in mining governance at the Institute of Natural Resources of the United Nations University.

He is involved in corporate law, projects and concessions in several sectors of the African economy. He also trains and advises companies and public authorities on legal and regulatory compliance issues relating to mining, oil and energy in general.

Before founding the Centre, Maginnot Abanda worked for almost three (03) years as a Contracts Lawyer at Holding Neptune, parent company of the petroleum products distribution company Neptune oil SA, Pétro service logistics, CURADAY Cameroun SA, Medlog Cameroun and the microfinance company ABC Finances. He has also worked as a lawyer at Crédit Foncier du Cameroun. Prior to these experiences, he worked in the cocoa trade as a lawyer for OLAM CAM and Etablissements NDONGO ESSOMBA.

Maginnot ABANDA has also taken part in several training programs in the mining and energy sectors organized by EDGE Sénégal and the Institut Québécois des Affaires Internationales.

Maginnot ABANDA is a member of several learned societies.