Lynda Aphing-kouassi

Independent

Trainer

Mrs. Aphing-Kouassi is passionate about continuous improvement.

Of Ivorian origin, Lynda Aphing-Kouassi is the managing director of Kaizene, an international capacity building firm offering training, SME consultancy, and conference organizing. Based in London, Pall Mall Piccadilly and in Abidjan Zone 4, a firm specialized in the organization of annual conferences on infrastructure and public works on capacity building through training and coaching and is an SME accelerator.

Graduated from the University of Hull, Lynda started her career in the banking industry 15 years ago as a commercial banker for Banco Santander. Later, she became an associate and a team leader for the Societe Generale Corporate and Investment banking and then Investments Director for Vaultex (owned by HSBC Group) this allowed her to manage a portfolio of over 100 companies some in the FTSE 100 and Fortune500 across Europe, America, and Africa.

Rigorous and audacious, she is a non-executive director for the African Diaspora Network based in Brussels (ADNE), a Non-Executive Director for a non-profit organization based in Georgia Talents Within, and a member of the Institute of Directors of London (IOD).

The African Diaspora created Kaizene to share the experience and to contribute to the development of the continent and the empowerment of women & youth, through the organization of annual conferences on infrastructure and construction, mentoring activities, coaching, and training that represent for her the keys to excellence and development.

Conferences organized by Mrs. Aphing-Kouassi and Kaizene:

1. December 2015 - Oil Mining and Gas, London
2. April 2016 - Oil Sector Challenges and Opportunity, Abidjan
3. October 2016 - Electrification in Africa, Cape Town
4. December 2017 - BCW and Infrastructures – DAKAR
5. December 2018 - BCW and Infrastructures, Kigali

Lynda Aphing-Kouassi has been recognized for her initiatives, as an actor of development, by Forbes magazine and Financial Africa.
Afro optimistic and realistic, Lynda Aphing-Kouassi wants to contribute to the development of the continent. She strongly believes that the desire to succeed and to move forward must be stronger than the obstacles and difficulties we may encounter.