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Blaise Mbatshi
Managing Director – DRC
Deal Advisory | External Audit | Financial Reporting Advisory | Corporate Recovery
Agribusiness, Floriculture and Fisheries | Manufacturing & Distribution | Financial Services | Not for Profit, Gov't & Public Sector | Natural Resources & Energy | Infrastructure, Real Estate & Construction, Transport & Logistics
Executive summary
Blaise, Managing Partner of BDO DRC, brings over 18 years of expertise in management consulting and audit, with senior roles in the energy industry and public sector. His focus areas include risk management, tax, auditing, and internal control, helping organizations strengthen financial practices and governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). As a certified chartered accountant accredited by ONEC DRC, Blaise has supported numerous entities in enhancing operational and financial efficiency.
Blaise's career journey includes a research project on the European gas market for GDF SUEZ in Paris, followed by consulting at PwC Advisory in Brussels. He later joined the oil industry, serving as Advisor to the DRC’s Minister of Hydrocarbons and later as Head of Internal Audit for PERENCO group companies. Before joining BDO, he founded BMCG-Management Consultants, a firm that provided audit and advisory services to the DRC market for over a decade. Blaise holds a Master’s in Management Engineering from the Catholic University of Louvain and a CEMS-MIM from HEC Paris.