Jean Christophe Diatta

Senegal

Having joined the Cour des Comptes, Senegal’s supreme audit institution, in 2021, Jean Christophe DIATTA is a Magistrate in the Chamber of Budgetary and Financial Affairs. Since joining the Cour des Comptes, he has participated as a rapporteur in a performance audit of COVID funds and in an audit of the accounting of revenues from extractive industries for 2021.

A graduate of the École nationale d’Administration du Sénégal, Jean Christophe began his professional career in Senegal’s customs department as a customs inspector in 2007. As a customs officer he held several positions, including auditor at the Autonomous Port of Dakar and head of the Criminal Investigations and Narcotics Bureau, which is in charge of investigations and coordination of the fight against trafficking and illicit financial flows.

Jean Christophe holds a postgraduate degree in economic and business law from the Université Gaston Berger du Sénégal and a master's degree in public finance from the Institut supérieur des Finances de Dakar. He also earned a master’s degree in advanced diplomatic studies from the Centre d'Études diplomatiques et stratégiques de Dakar.

My goals for the Fellowship

I will make the most of the opportunity the Fellowship provides to learn the practice of performance auditing from senior-level Canadian experts and to strengthen my capacity in this field. I will also seek to acquire knowledge and skills in leadership, an essential quality for managing the dynamics of change.

The impact I hope to make as a graduate Fellow

At the end of my placement in Canada, I plan to improve the auditing procedures of the Cour des Comptes du Sénégal. I also hope to contribute to the training of my colleagues, while providing them the means to work more efficiently in conducting their audit missions and contributing to the achievement of the Cour des Comptes’ operational and strategic objectives.