Board of directors
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Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors (Appointed on 01/07/2016)Chief Executive Officer of AFD
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WALCKENAER Bertrand
Director, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors (Appointed on: 29/03/2019)Chairman of the Advisory Investment CommitteeChairman of the Appointments committeeDeputy CEO of AFD -
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KLEITZ Gilles
Director (Appointed on: 08/07/2022)Executive Director for Sustainable Developpement of AFD -
SARR Papa Amadou
Director (Appointed on: 10 october 2022)Executive Director in charge of Partnerships, Mobilization and Communication of the French Development Agency (AFD) Group -
LOISON Marie-Hélène
Permanent Representative of AFD (Appointed on: 06/07/2018)Deputy CEO of AFDMember of the Risk and audit committeeMember of the Appointments committee -
SECHAUD Philippe
Independent Director (Appointed on: 31/01/2001)Member of the Investment Advisory Committee -
LANTZ Patricia
Independent Director (Appointed on: 28/05/2012)President of the Risk and Audit Committee -
ISMAIL Seyf
Permanent Representative of BNP ParibasIndependent directorMember of the Appointments committeeStart date of mandate: 01/07/2023 -
BENJELLOUN-TOUIMI Brahim
Permanent representative of Bank of Africa-BMCE Group, Director (Appointed on: 25/03/2011) -
KARAM Hélène
Permanent Representative of BPCE International, Independent Director (Appointed on: 30/06/2020) -
LAHORE María
Permanent Representative of CAF (Corporación Andina de Fomento)Independent director (Appointed on: 10/05/2019) -
BEBEAR Isabelle
Permanent Representative of BPIFRANCEDirector (Appointed on: 08/10/2012)Representative of BPIFRANCEMember of the Risk and Audit Committee -
KOFFMAN Catherine
Representative of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)Independent director (Appointed on: 01/06/2022) -
TABARIÉ Stéphane
Representing the Ministry of Economy and FinanceCensor, Board of Directors of ProparcoMember of the Investment Advisory Committee -
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- representatives of the Agence Française de Développement (its majority shareholder);
- representatives of French, African and Latin American public and private companies (financial and industrial);
- representatives of international financial institutions involved in development, and ethical funds;
- representatives of ministries in charge the Economy, Finance and Foreign affairs, as well as a Government Commissioner.
The guarantor of the transparency of its operation and good management, this diversity of participants provides Proparco with considerable expertise in strategic oversight and governance, while ensuring its true added value in its approach to financing projects.
It also provides opportunities for collaboration and partnerships that will serve to ensure its growth and expand its areas of expertise that contribute to its pro-development mission.
The Proparco Board of directors meets four times each year.
As part of this initiative, the Proparco Appointments committee adopted guidelines regarding the balanced composition of the Board of directors:
A proportion of independent directors in order to guarantee the quality of the discussions and appropriate balance of Proparco’s powers
44% independent members, 44% women (in 2020)
The Appointments committee has set down the criteria for identifying independent directors within the Board of directors, namely predefined criteria consisting of indicators of the director’s independence, that are then used by the Board in order to perform an individual review of each director’s independence, while considering the behaviour of the director in question and notably his active participation in the Board’s efforts and reflections.
In application of these criteria, the Appointments committee drafts a list of the independent directors and ensures the adequate presence of these directors within the Board.
The Appointments committee has defined a policy targeting gender parity between men and women within the Board of directors
The objective of the Appointments committee is to eventually bring about equal representation between women and men within the PROPARCO Board of directors, along with intermediate objectives leading to this parity objective:
2017: 5 women 31%
2018: 6 women 37.5%
2020: 7 women 44%
The Appointments committee has prepared a tool for assessing the balanced composition of the Board of directors, that provides a snapshot of the composition of the Proparco Board of directors while accounting for the skills and characteristics of each of its members; and while setting targeted objectives to ensure balanced and diversified representation in accordance with the areas of expertise required for the tasks performed by the Board of directors.