From 1986 to 2004, Philippe Guichandut worked for various French development NGOs (France Volontaire, Inter-Aide, Enfants et Développement - Save the Children France, CCFD-Terre Solidaire). He spent six of those 17 years in the field: in Rwanda, India and the Philippines. He was in charge of setting up and monitoring development and microfinance projects. He became the first Executive Director of the European Microfinance Network when it was created in 2004. He has been teaching development and microfinance project management for more than 10 years in France and other European countries.

In November 2010, he was appointed Head of Development and Technical Assistance at Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation.

Philippe Guichandut has a Master’s degree in Urban Social Development from Université d'Evry and an MBA from the European University of San Francisco.

Go to the top

Having joined Crédit Lyonnais in 1988, Pascal Webanck quickly became specialised in the economy and debt of developing countries.

He then worked first for the Economic Studies Division, where he played an active role in negotiating the bank debt of many emerging countries. He then worked in the Financial Division, where he helped set up a debt issuance programme before specialising in the bank’s asset and liability management.

In late 2006, he joined Crédit Agricole Consultants, Crédit Agricole’s advisory and technical-cooperation subsidiary for developing countries. Then, in February 2008, he joined Crédit Agricole S.A.’s microfinance mission, which was in charge of laying the groundwork for the Foundation.

Pascal holds a postgraduate degree (D.E.A.) in Economics and a Master’s degree in Mathematics from Université de Nice.

Go to the top

Anne Bossard began her career at Deutsche Bank in 1997, where she was manager of the Middle Office in the Export Structured Finance Department until March 2006. She then returned to university in 2007 and obtained a Master’s degree in Development Economics, after which she carried out several assignments in the microfinance sector.

Within the Foundation’s management department, Anne Bossard has been manager of Middle Office operations since 2008.

Anne holds a Master’s degree in Development Economics from Université de Paris XII and a Master’s in Foreign Languages and Studies from Université Catholique de l’Ouest.

Go to the top

Yann Masurel started his career in 1999 with Natexis (now Natixis) as corporate business manager. He then turned towards microfinance, first in France with Association pour le Droit à l’Initiative Economique (ADIE), then in Asia and the Middle East. He worked for GRET in Cambodia and then for the United Nations in Syria in 2006.

Yann Masurel joined the Development Department of Grameen Crédit Agricole Microsoft Foundation in May 2009.

Yann Masurel is a graduate of ESC Rennes School of Business and has a Master’s degree in Finance from the University of Nottingham.

Go to the top

Before joining our team, Thérèse Sandmark was a freelance consultant in microinsurance focusing on the agricultural sector and social performance indicators. Prior to that, she was based in Nairobi for 2.5 years  working as Programme Officer in microfinance and microinsurance covering the East Africa region for the Swedish Cooperative Centre. Thérèse also has several years of work experience as a Project Manager monitoring and evaluating programmes of the European Commission for Brussels-based MWH Global.

In April 2011, Thérèse joined the Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation as the Agricultural Microinsurance Programme Officer.

Thérèse holds a MSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics as well as Master in Microfinance from the European Microfinance Programme at the Solvay Business School in Brussels.

Go to the top

Céline first managed private sector and microfinance development programmes, with a specific focus on inclusive enterprises, in Balkans, Northern and Southern Africa, for 5 years (for French NGOs such as Caritas, Handicap International, CIDR).

After developing the CSR department of the French anti-cancer network (Ligue contre le cancer), she joined the Regional Council of Ile-de-France to take part in the implementation of the social economy and social entrepreneurship policy. Then she worked for 3 years at the European Commission (DG Aidco/Europeaid) in supporting quality of aid for trade and private sector development programs, with a specific focus on new business models. She thus belonged to different expert working groups on inclusive businesses. She joined the Foundation in October 2011 as social business investment officer.

Celine graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and holds a MA in Economics and social sciences from Sussex University.

Go to the top