{"id":20730,"date":"2025-09-22T08:39:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/sb_speaker\/francoise-lombard\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:05:13","slug":"francoise-lombard-2","status":"publish","type":"sb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/en\/sb_speaker\/francoise-lombard-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fran\u00e7oise LOMBARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fran\u00e7oise Lombard was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Proparco by the Board of Directors in March 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She began her career in 2008 at the Directorate for Financial Affairs of the Ministry of Defence as Deputy Director then Director of the Budget Summary Office. She joined the Treasury Directorate of the Ministry of Finance in 2011, where she was responsible for franc zone monetary cooperation agreements between France and West Africa. She also supervised several multilateral and bilateral development programs in West Africa, on behalf of the French State.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Fran\u00e7oise Lombard joined the Government Shareholding Agency, first as Deputy to the Bureau Chief responsible for the follow-up of La Poste Group and CNP Assurances, then as Deputy Director of Shareholdings, Services and Finance in 2014. In this capacity, she was a member of the Boards of Directors of La Fran\u00e7aise des Jeux, SFIL, Radio France and Imprimerie Nationale. 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