Share the page
Jean-Baptiste SABATIÉ
Proparco’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Proparco
Board of directors
Overview
Jean-Baptiste Sabatié is Proparco’s Deputy CEO since July 2024. He has close to 25 years of experience in the field of public and private sector impact finance. He started his career with the BNP Paribas Group in 1999, first in Chile and then in Paris, working on structuring and syndicating acquisition financing and on debt restructuring.
He joined Proparco’s commitments department in 2009 before taking up the position of Chief Risk Officer from 2012 to 2014. He was then Deputy Secretary General of the institution until his move towards the international network of the French Development Agency (AFD) in summer 2016.
In the summer of 2020, he left his functions as regional director for Mexico, Cuba and Central America, as well as country director for Mexico, to join AFD’s headquarters. Until taking up his current position, he was AFD’s Director of Transformation, responsible in particular for steering and implementing the AFD Group’s transformation program. Jean-Baptiste Sabatié is a graduate of ESCP Europe.
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.