Profile

Coordinator of the Mining Companies Audit Committee - Ministry of Finance, Cameroon.

Prior to joining the Mining Companies Audit Committee, Dr. Essaga was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Research Center on Energy and Mining Policies in Africa (CARPEM), an Association of unrivalled researchers and professionals of Law and Economics aiming to play an influential role in the setting up of outstanding ruling systems in African mining and energy sectors.

Book: Hydrocarbons laws in Africa (French title: Droit des Hydrocarbures en Afrique, published by the French Publishing House L'HARMATTAN, ISBN: 978-2-343-01457-9, 2013, 796 pages).

• Member of Standing Committee of Oil & Gas Contracts Negotiations of Cameroon since 2006
• African representative of of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (A.I.P.N) in french-speaking africa countries from 2010 to 2015