BI Leadership Team

Our principal team leaders are experts in human rights, commercial law, mining law, finance and business strategy.

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Elise Groulx,
BI Principal

Expert in international criminal law and human rights. Lawyer at the Quebec and Paris bars, legal consultant in New York, accredited mediator. Convenor of the Business and Human Rights Project of the American Bar Association (ABA). Based in Washington DC.

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Lew H. Diggs,
BI Principal

Expert in business strategy, human rights, social risk management and corporate responsibility. Veteran of strategic planning, communications and public affairs for international commercial banks and multinational corporations. Expert in conflict economies. Based in Washington DC.

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Interview
Les Afriques
23 May 2013

Romain Battajon,
BI Consulting Partner

Expert in commercial and mining law. Lawyer at the Paris and Kinshasa bars. Ajunct professor of mining law and dispute resolution at the French national mining faculty (Centre d’Etudes Spécialisées en Administration Minière, Ecole des Mines de Paris). Director of the ABLE network (Africa Legal and Business Expertise). Principal of Cabinet Battajon, Kinshasa and Paris.

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Grégory Thuan dit Dieudonné,
BI Consulting Partner

Expert in European and international human rights law. Lawyer at the Strasbourg bar. Former referendaire at the European Court of Human Rights and expert counsel to the Council of Europe. Principal of Cabinet Thuan dit Dieudonné in Strasbourg, France.

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Aboubacar Fall
BI Consulting Partner

Aboubacar Fall, BI Consulting Partner, is an expert in international commercial, shipping and banking law. He is a Lawyer at the Senegal Bar. He has served for 10 years as Principal Legal Counsel at the Africa Development, and he is now managing FALL & Co Law Offices in Dakar.