Oulimata Sarr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Oulimata Sarr

Regional Advisor on Women Economic Empowerment for UN Women covering West and Central Africa

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1970

Place of Birth: Dakar, Senegal

Profession: businessperson

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Oulimata Sarr (born January 6, 1970) is currently the Deputy Regional Director for UN Women covering West and Central Africa.
UN Women is the United Nations entity mandated for gender equality and empowerment of women. Sarr was raised in Senegal but studied in Montréal, Canada.
She graduated from the École des Hautes études Commerciales de Montréal (HEC Montréal) with a bachelor's degree in 1992, and after a period of further study at the University of Bedfordshire in Britain, graduated with a Master of Business Administration in 2002.
Sarr spent ten years at the International Finance Corporation, a member institution of the World Bank Group, prior to joining the United Nations.
She also worked as a Senior Auditor with Ernst & Young Senegal. In 2017, she was invited by Vital Voices to join the Global Ambassadors Program as a mentor for women entrepreneurs around the world.
She recently joined 75 African women as the founding member of Women Investment Club of Senegal which was set up in 2016 to provide long-term capital to women entrepreneurs in Senegal. Sarr is the Jury President of the Cartier Women's Initiative Awards business plan competition for Sub Saharan Africa