Thiaba is a graduate of the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP).  She is a chartered accountant and has been a member of the board of the National Order of  Chartered Accountants of Senegal (ONECCA) where she has held the positions of Secretary  General and President of the National Quality Assurance Committee. She also holds a diploma  of Professional Coach registered in France in the ‘Répertoire national des certifications  professionnelles’ and accompanies young female business leaders to help them develop their  potential and improve their management performance. During a rich 33-year career in  auditing, accounting and management consulting, Thiaba has served numerous public  institutions and private companies in nearly all sectors of the West African economy, which  has enabled her to develop a strong international professional network over the years. She  was the head of Deloitte Senegal, the consulting, accounting and auditing firm she founded in  1990, for 27 years and served for 8 years (2009 to 2017) on the board of Deloitte Afrique, the  holding company for all Deloitte member firms in French-speaking Africa. Thiaba is the co founder and chair of the board of directors of WIC CAPITAL, which is the first impact fund  dedicated to supporting women's entrepreneurship in West Africa. The fund, which aims to  connect women entrepreneurs with modern financial instruments and promote women's  leadership and skills (through the WIC Academy), is carried by the Women's Investment Club  (WIC Senegal), which Thiaba created with three other co-founders in 2016 and which currently  has over 90 members. As Senior Resident Advisor, Thiaba has monitored Mastercard  Foundation's development programmes as part of the "Young Africa Works" strategy, which  aims to create 30 million jobs in Africa for young people, 70% of which will be for young African  women, by 2030. She is President of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of  Neurotech SA.