Malado Kaba served as the first female Economy and Finance Minister of the Republic of Guinea between 2016 and 2018. During that time, she reached record macroeconomic records she also led actions to increase fiscal transparency, fight corruption and promote good governance and sound administration. Prior to her ministerial position, she was country head for the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change in Guinea, advising leaders and senior officials in government on both policy and program implementation. Before that, she worked as an economist for the European Commission in different countries. She also sits on the advisory board of the African Women Leadership Fund (AWLF), is a board trustee at the International Budget Partnership. More recently, she was appointed chairwoman of Orabank Guinea. In 2018, she co-founded Falémé Conseil, a consultancy firm providing strategic advice to both private and public sectors and is a member of the Guinean private sector platform.