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Proparco establishes a Europe Regional Directorate to strengthen its partnerships with French companies and European institutions
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Proparco announces the appointment of Fadila Hamdane as Head of its new Europe Regional Directorate, the 15th in its international network, based in Paris. The creation of this directorate aims to structure and expand Proparco's activities with French and European companies investing in its countries of operation. Serving as a gateway to all of Proparco's solutions and expertise, the directorate will also be tasked with strengthening institutional partnerships and contributing to the design of new European financing instruments and programmes.
Proparco has been supporting French companies in their international investment projects for many years. Between 2020 and 2025, direct financing for these companies accounted for 15% of Proparco's business volume, representing 170 projects benefiting French companies, for a total amount of €1.9 billion, and up to 30% of its activity in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
The creation of the Europe Regional Directorate builds on this work, with the ambition of expanding its reach among French companies and European institutions. It addresses three priorities: stepping up efforts to identify new clients and partners, facilitating their access to Proparco's financing and support solutions, and contributing to the development of new European financing mechanisms.
A career spanning corporate finance and the development of European partnerships
A graduate of ESCP, with a degree in finance and legal engineering, Fadila Hamdane has more than 20 years of experience in financing and private sector development.
After beginning her career at Société Générale in London, followed by Crédit Agricole CIB in Paris, she joined the AFD Group in 2007, where she held various positions within the Finance and Risk Departments.
She joined Proparco in 2014 and, in 2018, took responsibility for financing activities in the healthcare, education and urban development sectors. In 2022, she was appointed Head of the Industries, Agriculture and Services Division, overseeing financing activities across all of Proparco's countries of operation.
In 2023, she joined EDFI Management Company in Brussels as Chief Partnership & Development Officer. There, she developed strategic partnerships with the European Commission and European development finance institutions, and contributed to the structuring of new financial instruments, notably through the negotiation of EFSD+ guarantee programmes amounting to €1.5 billion in support of the private sector.
A gateway connecting French companies with Proparco's solutions
The Europe Regional Directorate serves as a dedicated point of entry to Proparco's full range of solutions. It identifies projects and needs among French stakeholders wishing to invest or develop their activities in Proparco's countries of operation. In her new role, Fadila Hamdane will work closely with the other Regional Directorates, which have in-depth knowledge of local markets, as well as with the departments and sector teams at headquarters. The aim is to combine market knowledge, sector expertise and financial and non-financial instruments to develop tailor-made solutions suited to each project.
Fadila Hamdane, Proparco's Europe Regional Director, said: "With this new Europe Regional Directorate, we aim to expand our activities with French and European companies and make it even easier for them to access all of Proparco's solutions. Our ambition is to reach out to new stakeholders, understand their projects and mobilise, together with our teams and international network, the expertise and financing best suited to their needs. In this way, we want to promote investments that create value for French and European companies while making a lasting contribution to the development of local economies in our countries of operation."
Developing new opportunities with our European partners
The Europe Regional Directorate will also be tasked with strengthening Proparco's dialogue with French and European institutions and partners, in order to better take companies' needs into account when developing its offering.
In particular, the Europe Regional Directorate will contribute to the structuring of new European instruments and programmes, with a view to strengthening Proparco's capacity to support companies' international development and mobilise private financing, while generating economic benefits for France and Europe.
Proparco provides financing and support to companies and financial institutions in 115 countries. With the creation of the Europe Regional Directorate, its network now comprises 15 Regional Directorates and 11 local offices.
Based in Paris, this new directorate completes Proparco's international network and gives fresh impetus to the relationships Proparco maintains with Europe's economic and financial ecosystem.