Nelly Chatué Diop

Nelly Chatué Diop (1984 or 1985 – 8 January 2026) was a Cameroonian computer scientist.

Life and career Born in Cameroon, Chatué was awarded a scholarship from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to study at the École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon. In 2006, she began her MBA program at HEC Paris, during which she participated in an exchange program at London Business School. She worked as a software developer in London before returning to France to work for an American SME. In 2013, she established the pricing and data department at Groupe Casino, creating similar departments at Darty in 2015 and Betclic in 2017. Her mission was to democratize cryptocurrency.

In 2013, she was the recipient of the "Femme Engagée" prize in the French large-scale retail sector. In 2018, she was included among the top ten data directors in Europe. In May 2020, she was included in a global list of influential women in data leadership by CDO Magazine. In June 2020, she was named one of the top 100 Global Data Visionaries.

Chatué Diop died following a sudden illness on 8 January 2026, at the age of 41.