HARBOR · THE PROJECT SPONSOR

Khady Dior Ndiaye

Vice President & Country Manager, Senegal — Kosmos Energy. Formerly Citibank’s Chief Executive for West & Central Africa. Known within this plan as the Founder.

WHY IT MATTERS

HARBOR’s demand thesis is not a market study — it is the sponsor’s own address book, and her working life.

For two decades she banked the corridor this house is built to serve: running Citibank’s business across fourteen West and Central African markets, in the rooms where the region’s corporates, sovereigns and institutions arrange their capital. Today she carries country responsibility for one of the largest energy developments on the Atlantic margin — the boards, negotiations, signings and state-level logistics that are precisely the meetings HARBOR is designed to host.

The venture reflects that provenance structurally: the estate rises on beachfront the sponsor contributes, her capital is the largest single cheque in the stack, and the launch client list is the network she has served for twenty years. The same discipline that runs a listed operator’s country business — governance, compliance, protocol, delivery — is the standard specified for the house itself.

THE RECORD

Banking the corridor, then building in it.

Current role
Vice President & Country Manager, Senegal — Kosmos Energy (NYSE/LSE: KOS), since 2019; previously VP & Country Director, Côte d’Ivoire
Mandate
Senegal operations across the Guembeul, Teranga and Yakaar offshore gas discoveries, and the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) LNG project developed with bp, PETROSEN and SMH
Before energy
Citi, 1997–2019: treasurer for Côte d’Ivoire & West Africa · Country Officer, Senegal (2013–16) · CEO for West & Central Africa (2016–19) — the bank’s business across 14 countries
Disciplines
Corporate banking · capital markets · treasury, foreign exchange & trading · operations · regulatory affairs
Education
Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service · Executive MBA, HEC Paris
Public voice
A visible advocate for African energy-led growth and for Senegalese women claiming their place in the industry — Africa Energy Week (2024, 2025), FT Africa Summit (2024)

A regular public voice on Senegal’s energy decade — Africa Energy Week and the FT Africa Summit among recent platforms.

The venture she sponsors

An 18-key private business hotel on owned beachfront between Saly and Somone — the full case sits behind the investor door.