Franck is a senior executive with extensive expertise in business development, strategic planning and profit maximization, with a 20-years proven track record in enabling over USD 2 billion financing for African private sector.

Business oriented and results driven, Franck has gained a strong understanding of assets and small & medium sized Enterprises financing across markets in West, Central, North, East and Southern Africa. Franck is passionate about FinTech entrepreneurship and investment, with a keen interest in sustainable development initiatives in Africa. He currently serves as the Group Director of Business Development of the African Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (AGF).

Prior to this role, he was the Managing Director of Guarantee Fund for Private Investment in West Africa (Ex GARI Fund), now AGF West Africa. Before joining AGF, Franck was the Managing Director of Alios Finance Burkina Faso, a Pan African Specialized Asset Finance Company, with a mix of prestigious African and European investors.

A Beninese, Franck holds a Master’s Degree in Marketing & Management from the Institut Supérieur Européen de Gestion (France), a Master’s Degree in E-business & Strategy from Grenoble Graduate School of Business (France) and a FinTech Certificate from Said Business School, University of Oxford.