Philippe SECHAUD

Philippe Séchaud is a graduate of École Polytechnique and a civil engineering graduate of Ponts et Chaussées. He joined the UNDP in New York in 1968 as a technical advisor. He then moved to SIFIDA in Geneva, which he headed for over thirty years. Société d’Investissement pour l’Afrique (SIFIDA) was established in 1970 by around 120 banks and international industrial groups – including the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). It was acquired by BNP in 1996.

Philippe Séchaud served on the Board of Proparco from 1990 to 2013 as a representative of SIFIDA, then of the BNP Paribas Group, and in his personal capacity since 2013. He was an independent director of FISEA from its creation in 2009 until June 2024. He also served as an independent director of BNP Paribas subsidiaries in Côte d’Ivoire (BICICI) from 1995 to 2019, in Burkina Faso (BICIAB) from 1995 to 2014, and in Senegal (BICIS) from 1991 to June 2024.

He is a member of the Investment Committee of Argan Infrastructure Fund – an African infrastructure fund whose shareholders include IFC, EIB, AfDB, and Proparco.