Bertrand WALCKENAER

Bertrand Walckenaer has been CEO General of the French Development Agency of the Agence française de développement (French Development Agency) since july 2021, after having been Chief Operating Officer since 2019. Previously he was chief of staff of the State Secretary to the Minister for Economy and Finance. He worked ten years for the French Treasury (between 2005 and 2017) where he occupied several positions with responsibilities in the field of corporate restructuring, export finance in the aeronautics sector, and foreign investment control. In 2016 and 2017 he was also a board member of Bpifrance, La Poste and CNP Assurances. During this period he moved for two years to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, where he was deputy chief of staff of the State Secretary for foreign trade to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. And finally, in 2010, Bertrand Walckenaer was the technical director of the hospital of Pouma in Cameroun. He holds a degree in agronomy from AgroParisTech and a degree in international business from Paris-Dauphine University.