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FOUAD Ismaël Frédéric’s work as Chief Ethics Compliance Officer at AfDB: The function of the Ethics Office (EO) is to provide advice to management and staff on matters of ethics and conduct of Bank’s Staff in the work place. A commitment to integrity and the highest ethical standards is fundamental to the Bank. Thus, EO is the anchor of a successful corporate ethics culture and ensures awareness and understanding of the Bank’s Core Values and ethical standards. EO acts independently of any department or other organizational unit of the Bank. It provides impartial confidential advice to staff on ethical issues involving the Bank’s Rules and Regulations and Code of Conduct as well as other behaviour that may reflect adversely on the Bank. EO’s duties include clarifying conflict of interest concerns, ensuring financial disclosure and providing guidance on Bank policies and procedures. The principal aim is to provide assistance in resolving ethical matters in a manner that contributes to the good governance of the Bank and helps to maintain its reputation for probity, integrity, and impartiality. EO responsible for advising and assisting in the development of a framework and guidelines which sets out acceptable standards of conduct as well as the administration and interpretation of the Staff Code of Conduct. It advocates for and maintains a strong ethics culture in line with best practices in other organizations through training, seminars and communication. Main Activities: 1-	Provide leadership and direction in the administration of Banks advice, training, policy, financial disclosure, and enforcements programs. 2-	Receive and conduct fact findings of allegations of ethics violations and cooperate with appropriate organs of the Bank to resolve such cases. 3-	Elaborate tools, guidelines and policies aimed to achieving ethical compliance with Bank's rules and regulations. 4-	Disseminate ethical values and culture Bank wide. 5-	Develop communication tools that would promote ethical culture.