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Edrissa Mass Jobe (born January 17th, 1962) is a Gambian entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He was the First Operations & Marketing Director of Shell Oil in The Guinea and had worked for Shell Gambia, Senegal and the regional office for west and central Africa. Edrissa is a founder member of the Elton group and a major shareholder of Elton Gambia he has also served as the CEO of Elton based in Dakar. Edrissa was former Chairman of The Gambia Telecommunications Company and the Gambia Cellular Company. He is currently the Chairman of First International Bank and Executive Chairman of EMHOLDINGS SOCIAL ENTERPRISE --The Gambia’s leading Investment Company. Edrissa is also the Chairman of Fibank Gambia and formerly chairman of Gamtel, Gamcel, and a director of Gipfza, International Insurance. EARLY LIFE: Jobe was born in the capital Banjul, in January 1962 to Hally Mass Jobe (father) and Aji Rohey Njie(mother). He’s one of 6 children on his maternal side and 1 of four children on his parternal side. Hally Mass Jobe during the colonial administration was one of the most senior civil servants as the head of the parallel Muslim Court (CADI). Hally Mass Jobe is the first grandson of Shaykh Mass Kah (1827-1936). African Studies Quarterly| Volume 12, Issue 4| Fall 2011. Shaykh Mass is also a first cousin to Morr Anta Saly, the Father of Serigne Touba Mbake of Senegal.

EDUCATION: 1981 MUSLIM HIGH SCHOOL: GCE Ordinary Level Division 1 with distinction Best Overall results in the Gambia; Set record for national overall performance 1981 – 1983 Gambia High School: GCE Advanced Level Certificate: 1985 – 1988 University of Manchester, institute of Science and Technology. Edrissa has a post graduate diploma in business administration from Henley Management College and an MBA from the university of wales. PROFESSIONAL CAREER: 1988 – 1989 Hospitals Engineer Medical and Health (The Gambia) First Gambian to this post (replace ODA expert): Responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of all medical and health estate and equipment in the Gambia. 1989 – April 1995 Sales Manager and Sales Technical Adviser Shell (The Gambia) RESPONSIBLE : Inland market, Institutional Customers; Retail Network (service stations) and bunkering. Lubricants Technical adviser April 1995-August 1999 Retail Sales Manager Shell, (Republique de Guinea) First retail manager after the privatisation as retail manager (and combined with operations manager from 1995 to 1997) Build, rebranded and revamped about 36 outlets. August1999 – Dec 1999 Operations and Marketing Manager Shell, (Gambia) Shell Marketing Gambia responsible for the entire business and operations of the company Dec 1999 - April 2001 Retail Sales Manager Senegal and Gambia Shell (Senegal) Responsible for network of 112 service stations in Senegal, the Gambia and Guinea Bissau April 2001- June Non Fuel Retail Manager Shell West and Central Africa Responsible for a network of over 260 convenience stores in 14 countries in West and Central Africa (Senegal, The Gambia, Capo Verde, Guinea Bissau, Rep of Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, Niger, Chad): July 2001- Date Managing Director Elton Oil Gambia Limited (The Gambia) Retail and Commercial Expert for the Elton Group Various Capacities In Working Life Served Board Member: Gambia Investment Promotion and Free-zones agency Chairman, Roots Foundation Professional memberships Associate Member Institute of Mechanical PERSONAL LIFE: HADDY JOBE, 3 BOYS. Married to Haddy Jobe with three Children Hally Mass, Ebrima and Abdoulaye.