Saidatou Dicko

Saidatou Dicko is an accomplished academic and professional with extensive experience in business administration and finance. Since January 2023, she has been Director of the School of Fashion (École supérieure de mode, ESM) at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), where she oversees the school’s operations and strategic direction.

She has also been a Full Professor at UQAM since June 2019. Focusing on corporate governance and financial reporting, she has taught at bachelor’s and master’s levels, supervised graduate students and conducted research in these areas. From June 2017 to October 2021, she was Head of her department, and she was previously a professor at UQAM from June 2010 to May 2019. In May 2017, she was a Visiting Professor at Université Paris Dauphine in France. She regularly takes part in conferences and seminars.

Before her academic career, she gained practical experience in finance and accounting as an Internal Auditor at Brasseries du Cameroun, where she was responsible for controlling production services, costs and resources, and as an Accountant Trainee at the Bank of Central African States.

Professor Dicko holds a PhD in Business Administration from the joint program of the Université du Québec à Montréal, HEC Montréal, Concordia University and McGill University. Her doctoral research focused on governance, financial information, investors’ decision-making and international accounting standards. She also holds a master’s degree in accounting from the Université du Québec à Montréal and a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from the Université de Ngaoundéré, Cameroon.