Tidjane Thiam 1994 to 1999 he worked in the Ivory Coast first as chief executive of the National Bureau for Technical Studies (BNETD). Following the 1999 Ivorian coup d'état, he resumed a private sector career and rejoined McKinsey in Paris from 2000 to 2002, then worked as a senior executive for Aviva before being recruited by Prudential. Thiam was born in the Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) on 29 July 1962. He is a descendant of two prominent families from Senegal and Ivory Coast. On his mother’s side, he is a descendant of Yamousso, after whom the capital of Côte d'Ivoire, Yamoussoukro, is
Iba Der Thiam an elderly man, was in poor health. Thiam took part in President Macky Sall's state visit to France in December 2016. Iba Der Thiam Iba Der Thiam, also known as I. D. Thiam (born 26 February 1937), is a Senegalese writer, historian, and politician. He served in the government of Senegal as Minister of Education from 1983 to 1988; later, he was First Vice-President of the National Assembly of Senegal from 2001 to 2012. Thiam became an Associate Professor of History at the University of Dakar in October 1974. He was imprisoned under President Léopold Sédar Senghor for attempting to