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Salim Bensmail
Head of The Urban Resilience Fund
Meridiam
Private Sector & Development author
Salim Bensmail is senior investment director at Meridiam and has been in charge of The Urban Resilience Fund since October 2021. He previously held a number of different positions in the French public sector, notably as head of the infrastructure funding support programme (FININFRA) at the French Treasury between 2014 and 2018, and as Deputy Director of Finance in charge of public-private partnerships for the City of Paris.
Meridiam
Meridiam is a company with a mission (B Corp) founded in 2005 by Thierry Déau and specialised in developing, financing and long-term management of sustainable public infrastructure in three sectors: essential public services, sustainable mobility and innovative low-carbon solutions. Meridiam currently has over 20 billion dollars under management and more than 120 projects in Europe, Africa and the Americas.