Cameroonian journalist Michel Lobé Ewané has been appointed to the board of directors of Joseph Sassoon Group, an international financial services group based in New York. He will be in charge of promoting the company in Africa, the search for new investments and will serve as a relay between the group and the press.
Former editor-in-chief of Forbes Afrique, which he joined in 2012, Michel Lobé Ewané has a career in international media, including Radio France International (RFI), TV5 Monde and BBC World in 1999. In 2021, the journalist was appointed adviser Royal Office of Sheikh Al Qassimi of Dubai where he received an Excellence in Leadership Award from the Royal Office of Sheikh Al Qassimi. He is the author of “Being a billionaire in Africa today”, which is due out later this year in Paris.
Joseph Sassoon Group is a full-service multinational investment management and merchant banking firm based in New York with a presence in Tel Aviv, Cyprus and Singapore. The oldest private investment firm in the world, the firm has deep expertise in investment, asset management, investment banking, corporate finance and private banking.
