Simplice ESSOH is the Director of Central development at SITARAIL in Cote D'Ivoire, and a Public Works Engineer. He holds a DESS in Management from IAE Paris – Sorbonne Panthéon and a diploma in project monitoring and evaluation from CEFEB (AFD). He joined SITARAIL in 2000 where he started as the Deputy Transport Director from 2003 - 2007. He then became the Commercial Director from 2007 - 2011 and the Transport Director from 2011 - 2016.