Senior international advisor and economist, Dr. Bernard Salomé is currently preparing an international conference on innovation for domestic resource mobilisation in Africa, and advises on the development of AI and Agentic AI solutions to broaden the tax base across the African continent — placing him at the forefront of the intersection between artificial intelligence and public finance. Dr. Salomé holds a doctorate in Economic Development from the Université Paris Sorbonne and has accumulated over four decades of experience across international organisations, multilateral institutions, and presidential advisory roles. Early in his career, he served as Deputy Director of the G7 Support Implementation Group in Moscow, designing the comprehensive information system used by all embassies and donor agencies coordinating external aid to Russia. He subsequently served as Director of the Office of Economic Policy of UNMIK in Kosovo, acting as principal strategic advisor to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Dr. Bernard Kouchner. He later held the position of Special Representative of the Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt, and served as Managing Director of the Millennium Foundation for Innovative Finance for Health in Geneva. He has also advised at the highest level of government in Côte d’Ivoire as Senior Advisor to the President of the Republic. He is the author of eight books on development issues and has worked across more than thirty countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
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