Marie-Hélène LOISON has been Deputy Chief Executive Officer since July 2021, having previously been AFD's Deputy Director of Operations (from 2018 to 2021). She began her career in 1996 in export financing at Société Générale Paris. In 2000, she joined Proparco, AFD's private sector financing subsidiary, to work on structuring financing in the agribusiness, tourism and health sectors. She then joined the private equity division, first as an investment officer and then as head of the division in 2008. In 2011, she was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Proparco. In 2015, she joined AFD as Director for the Middle East and North Africa.