Henri-Claude Oyima, born December 4, 1956 in Franceville, Gabon, is a businessman, chairman, and CEO of BGFI Holding Corporation SA, president of the Gabon Business Federation, and chairman of the board of directors of the Central African Stock Exchange ( BVMAC).
Biography
He studied at the University of Washington, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree.
Banking and investor activities [ edit | edit code ]
Henri-Claude Oyima began his career at Citibank in New York, where he remained for only one year. In 1982, he joined the Gabonese subsidiary of the American bank. In 1983, he joined the Paribas Gabon bank where he was appointed deputy general manager. In June 1985, he was appointed general manager and then, in May 1986, director-general manager. He then organized the takeover of the establishment whose parent company had decided to withdraw from the local market. The bank was renamed Banque Gabonaise et Français Internationale ( BGFIBank ) in 1996.
In 2007, he created BGFI International in Paris which became the European wing of this commercial, investment, various financial services and insurance bank. In 2015, he took a new step by obtaining the extension of the approval of BGFI International – now called BGFIBank Europe, allowing it to extend its activity throughout Africa regarding correspondent banking and conferring complete autonomy for deposit collection operations from corporate clients. At the start of 2023, BGFI will have 2,600 employees
Presidency of Gabonese employers
Henri-Claude Oyima chaired the Gabonese Employers’ Confederation from 2003 to December 2013.
In August 2022, Henri Claude Oyima once again became president of the Gabonese Employers’ Confederation, replacing Alain Ba Oumar whose authority was contested by his peers. He changed the name of the organization to the Fédération des Entreprises du Gabon , redefined the objective of the organization, and submitted proposals to President Ali Bongo, notably concerning the payment by the State of the debts it owes to – vis-à-vis companies and the possibility of internally arbitrating disputes between companies. It clearly expresses the need to have a single representative organization of employers in Gabon