Seychelles has appointed the Tanzania trained, Chrissant Barbe, to serve as the country’s new Chief Executive Officer of the Industrial Estates Authority.
Barbe once lived in Arusha, the Northern Tanzania’s Safari Capital where he was attending training at the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI) at Themi Hills Ward in Njiro.
Ann now an official dispatch from the office of the Seychelles President in Victoria announced the appointment of Mr Chrissant Barbe as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Industrial Estates Authority (IEA), effective from the 1st day of October 2026.
Apart from holding a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute in Tanzania.
Based in Njiro, Arusha, the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI), is a Pan African Regional Management Development Centre owned by 10-member governments from the Eastern and Southern African region.
These include the host, Tanzania, Seychelles itself, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Mr Barbe also has a Master’s Degree in Governance, Management and Sustainable Development from the World Maritime University in Sweden.
The World Maritime University (WMU), located in Malmö, Sweden, is a postgraduate maritime university founded within the framework of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Barbe also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Coastal, Continental Shelf and Boundary Management from the University of the Faroe Islands, along with diplomas in General Management and Environmental Science.
Chrissant takes to Seychelles over 25 years of experience in the public service, including 16 years in management position, having held various technical, managerial, and senior leadership positions.
Prior to his appointment, Barbe served as Director General for Boundary Delimitation and Project Management in the Blue Economy Department.
He previously served as Director for Policy Analysis in the same Department and held various positions at the Seychelles Revenue Commission and the Ministry of Health.
Throughout his career, Mr Barbe has gained extensive experience in policy development, strategic planning, project management, property administration, zone and boundary management, building technology, financial management and institutional governance. He has also contributed to the implementation of several national development initiatives and programmes.
