Bocar Thiam, Senior Advisor

Bocar Thiam has 20 years’ experience in managing land tenure, property rights and conflict minerals issues in the natural resource sectors in sub-Saharan Africa. He was chief of party for USAID-funded projects supporting Guinea’s Ministry of Mines and Geology (2013-2016) and Liberia’s Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy (2010-2012) to strengthen the implementation of the Kimberley Process diamond certification scheme. He also led the environmental and social baseline assessment for Alcoa / Rio Tinto Alcan’s US$1bn alumina refinery project in Guinea. A Guinean national, Bocar has extensive experience implementing projects across Africa, including in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda.