Nicolas Picchiottino

Senior Investment Officer
Proparco

Overview

Nicolas Picchiottino has been a Senior Investment Officer with Proparco’s Financial Institutions division for the past five years with specialist expertise in guarantees, as well as project manager for EURIZ, the new guarantee facility designed for SMEs with a strong developmental impact. He spent six years as an economic analyst, first for French Guiana and subsequently for all French overseas territories. Nicolas is a graduate of ESCP Europe and Paris School of Economics.

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Proparco

Proparco is a subsidiary of the AFD Group focused on private sector development. It has been promoting sustainable economic, social and environmental development for over 45 years.

Proparco provides funding and support to both businesses and financial institutions in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle-East. Its action focuses on the key development sectors: infrastructure, mainly for renewable energies, agribusiness, financial institutions, health and education. Its operations aim to strengthen the contribution of private players to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the international community in 2015.

To this end, Proparco finances companies whose activity contributes to creating jobs and decent incomes, providing essential goods and services and combating climate change.