Experience

SIDI (Solidarité Internationale pour le Développement et l'Investissement)

• France
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Regional operations manager West Africa

  • Feb 2023 - Present

• Principal Investment Officer

  • Mar 2022 - Feb 2023

  • Full member of the SIDI investment committee • Director of 3 banks/MFIs and 1 VC fund• Management and development of around 17 financial (debt, quasi-equity and equity, with tickets from 100 K€ to 3M€) & technical (finance, PES, climate, agriculture) partnerships of SIDI in microfinance (MFIs & banks), organic/fair trade agriculture, energy (PAY-GO SMEs in off-grid solar energy sector) and VC funds in 6 countries: Kenya, Tanzania, DRC, Ivory Coast, Niger and Guinea • Targeting local organizations with high ESG impact with broad range up to turnover of €50m (SMEs) and outstanding loans of €300m (banks). Main activities: - Prospecting, investor network, market analysis (15%) - Financial + organizational + ESG due diligence, business valuation, negotiation, shareholders' agreement (60%) - Support, technical support/advice and participation in governance (20%) - Financial & strategic monitoring, fundraising + capitalization (Agroecology and digital finance - 5%) Show less

• Investment Officer

  • Feb 2019 - Feb 2022

  Management and development of around 12 financial (debt, quasi-equity and equity, with tickets from 100 K€ to 3M€) & technical (finance, PES, climate, agriculture) partnerships of SIDI in microfinance (MFIs & banks), organic/fair trade agriculture, energy (PAY-GO SMEs in off-grid solar energy sector) and VC funds in 4 countries: Kenya, Tanzania, DRC, Niger



Oxfam België/Belgique

• Belgium
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Resilience Advisor & Lead Innovation

  • Mar 2017 - Feb 2019

  • Program support to OXFAM country teams: formulation, monitoring, evaluation • Thematics: Resilient livelihoods, entrepreneurship & microfinance for youth & women, adaptation to climate change & DRR, innovation, social cohesion in protracted crisis areas, analysis context • Implementation & coordination of the OBE Innovation Lab • Areas: Sahel, Great Lakes region & Maghreb • Research: agriculture, access to land & humanitarian nexus - development (Sahel) • Coordination with Resilience knowledge hub & other affiliates Show less



Fondation FARM

• France
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager Policy & Trade

  • Apr 2016 - Mar 2017

  Management of research in close relationship with African producer organizations (POs): • Technical and financial management of partnerships with POs in West Africa (Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo) and in the Maghreb ( Morocco): Technical assistance on strategy and organizational capacity building, training of producers, alignment with the OHADA uniform act, etc. • Publications: Writing & coordination of studies / analyzes • Representation and external collaboration: Coordination & organization of working groups, networking & promotion of FARM activities • Involvement in FARM events, improvement of visibility, fundraising Show less



LFS Financial Systems

• Tanzania, Zambia, Madagascar

• Rural Microfinance Consultant

  • Mar 2014 - Feb 2016

  • Long-term mission for AccessBank Tanzania as Agricultural Credit Manager (03/2014 - 09/2015, 1 year & 7 months): Management & representation of the rural credit department, including: o Portfolio management, reporting & improvement of the credit methodology and procedures o Recruitment, training & supervision of rural loan officers, team leaders and agency directors o Strategic development, market / value chain analysis, agricultural policies o Design of financial products: individual loans with tailor-made repayment plans, analysis methodology, warrantage & value chain financing, marketing strategies, etc. o Establishment of the department's institutional framework: department development & management, loan portfolio, including market analyzes, pilot phase, product assessment, coordination with donors and successful official launch • Short / medium term missions: o AccèsBanque Madagascar: Training on warrantage (11/2014, 2 weeks) o AB Bank Zambia: Feasibility study for the establishment of rural credit (03/2015, 4 weeks) o AccessBank Tanzania: Evaluation of rural credit & drafting of '' a manual - guide to developing rural microfinance (10/2015 - 02/2016, 5 months) Show less



Agence Française de Développement

• France
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Agricultural Research Officer

  • Mar 2013 - Feb 2014

  Analysis-diagnosis of the agrarian system of the Timbi-Madina region (Fouta-Djalon, Guinea) in close partnership with the regional producers' organization FPFD: • Geographic analysis and selection of a study zone • Analysis of the History and differentiation of the agrarian system • Typology of production systems and comparison of their economic and technical performances • Detailed mapping including the main production systems and geographic components • Analysis of the national potato value chain and agricultural policies • Proposition of development projects to local authorities and the AFD Show less



AgroParisTech

• France
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Economic Evaluation of an irrigation project

  • Nov 2012 - Feb 2013

  Ex-post economic and financial assessment of the Boueilh-Boueilho-Lasque dam project (Pyrénées Atlantiques, France) and analysis of its contribution to the development of the Aquitaine region: • Analysis of technical, environmental and economic direct (evolution of production systems) and indirect (on the value chain) effects of the project• Calculation of the difference (with/without project) of added value created by the Aquitaine region with the methodology of the "reference prices" and conditions of profitability for the community Show less

• Analysis-Diagnosis of the agrarian system of the Lacaune region

  • Sep 2012 - Oct 2012

  • Geographical analysis and selection of a study zone• Analysis of the History and differentiation of the agrarian system • Typology of production systems and comparison of their economic and technical performances • Detailed mapping including the main production systems and geographic components• Analysis of the "Roquefort" value chain and proposition of development projects



Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

• Warsaw (Poland)

• Mission of Agricultural policy assessment

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Different studies including: • The study of specifics of the Polish agriculture, its historic evolution and the agricultural policies • Analysis of the legal structure of the French farms and comparison with Poland • Comparison of the pig sectors in France and Poland • Short study of the organisation of the fruits & vegetables sector in France Different studies including: • The study of specifics of the Polish agriculture, its historic evolution and the agricultural policies • Analysis of the legal structure of the French farms and comparison with Poland • Comparison of the pig sectors in France and Poland • Short study of the organisation of the fruits & vegetables sector in France



Clemson University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research in Agricultural Economics

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  • Analysis of the evolution of American agricultural policies • Analysis of the value-creation of the « Campus farms » and functioning of the CSA scheme (“Community-Supported Agriculture”) of the USA • Work within the "permaculture"-based university’s farm • Analysis of the evolution of American agricultural policies • Analysis of the value-creation of the « Campus farms » and functioning of the CSA scheme (“Community-Supported Agriculture”) of the USA • Work within the "permaculture"-based university’s farm