Mr. Saloum Malang is the current Managing Director of Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation and a Board member of Gam Petroleum, Gambia Transport Service Company (GTSC), Gambia Food and Feed Industry (GFFI), West Africa Leisure Group (WALG) and TBL. Mr. Malang started his Public Sector carrier in 1998 at the Sea Port where he worked at
the Banjul Shipyard Co. Ltd under the Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) as Commercial Officer also responsible for the admin functions and was the Board and Management Secretary. Mr. Malang spearheaded and drafted the first and only Corporate Planning Strategic document of Banjul Shipyard.
In 2004, Mr. Malang left the seaport for the airport where he worked under Gambia International Airlines Co. Ltd (GIA) temporarily heading the HR/Admin department and rose through the ranks to admin manager and later started the Corporate Department as Senior Corporate Planning Manager responsible for monitoring and evaluating the strategic direction of the institution and serving as Board Secretary, involved in investment analysis for projects, and the Chairman of the Contracts Committee for 12 years. He was the focal person for the twin projects of the GIA which were the construction of the Corporate Head Office at the entrance of the Banjul International Airport and the Cargo Complex sponsored by the European
Union (EU). In 2017, he was promoted to the position of Deputy Managing Director and served as Acting Managing Director from 2018 to 2019.
Prior to his current position, Mr. Malang served as Director General of the Gambia Public Procurement Authority (GPPA) for two years where he successfully created a team to upload and manage the organization’s cloud resources and he succeeded in producing 10 Oracle certified Foundation Associate including himself. At GPPA, he proactively started the digitalization of Public Procurement using internal resources to prepare the Authority ahead of the World Bank e-GP digitalization.
Mr. Malang holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with Honors from the International Islamic University of Malaysia in 1998, and later holds an MSc in Public Sector Management from GIMPA, Ghana graduating with 3.9 CGPA in 2011. He had a stint with the Medical Research Council and after his Advance Level, he worked with Standard Chartered
Bank Gambia ltd in 1993 for one year before travelling to Malaysia on a scholarship.