Mamadou is the co-Founder and President of V-Square Quantitative Management, a global investment firm headquartered in Chicago. V-Square is at the intersection of quantitative finance and sustainability, creating strategies and managing funds. Mamadou is a Certified Investment Fund Director (CIFD) and has over eighteen years of experience in asset management. Previously, Mamadou worked for Northern Trust Asset Management, HSBC, Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Citi in trading, strategists and business development roles in London, Paris, Abu Dhabi and Chicago. Mamadou received his bachelor’s in economics from the Université Paris-Saclay and holds a master’s in International project management from the European School of Management (ESCP), Paris. In 2014 he was named in the Financial News “Top 40 under 40 Rising Stars in Asset Management” in Europe, Middle East and Africa. In 2017, Mamadou was named a “40 under 40” by Crain’s Chicago Business. In 2017 he was also recognized in Top 50 Individuals who contribute the most to sustainable & responsible investment industry in the world (IRRI).
Mamadou is actively involved in philanthropic and civic activities and is the co-founder of Les Beaux-Arts Paris Sarr Prize. He is a fellow of Leadership Greater Chicago since 2019, a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, an Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Investing at the Baumhart Center (Loyola University Chicago) and a guest lecturer of Impact Investing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a board member of the Art Institute of Chicago, the US SIF (The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment), the Nature Conservancy Illinois Chapter and he is a member of Rush Health Equity Advisory Council (Rush Hospital). Mamadou is a French Foreign Trade advisor, appointed by decree from the Prime Minister of France.
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