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Laurent Demey
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Proparco
Private Sector & Development author
Laurent Demey graduated from the École Centrale de Paris and holds a postgraduate diploma in development economics from the École Normale Supérieure. He held several positions at Société Générale before heading the Group’s brokerage firm in Abidjan. He joined Proparco in 2000 as an investment officer and went on to become head of the Banks and Financial Markets Department. In 2004, he set up an AFD agency in Bangkok and a regional Proparco office for East Asia. He was Investment Director from 2006 to 2008. Laurent Demey is now Proparco’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer.
Proparco
Proparco is a subsidiary of the AFD Group focused on private sector development. It has been promoting sustainable economic, social and environmental development for over 45 years.
Proparco provides funding and support to both businesses and financial institutions in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle-East. Its action focuses on the key development sectors: infrastructure, mainly for renewable energies, agribusiness, financial institutions, health and education. Its operations aim to strengthen the contribution of private players to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the international community in 2015.
To this end, Proparco finances companies whose activity contributes to creating jobs and decent incomes, providing essential goods and services and combating climate change.