Ismaïla is a Tax and Properties Inspector working for the public administration of Senegal since 2005. He led the Research Bureau of the General Tax Administration for five years before being nominated as Technical Adviser at the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Planning. Ismaila has been moved to the Senegalese Embassy in Paris where he is appointed First Counsellor and put at the disposal of the Centre de Rencontres et d’Etudes des Dirigeants des Administrations fiscales (CREDAF) first as Senior Technical Adviser and then as Deputy General Secretary.