Philippe Guichandut

Interim Director - InFiNe

From 1986 to 2004, Philippe Guichandut worked for various French development NGOs including six years in Rwanda, India and the Philippines. He was responsible for implementing and monitoring development and microfinance projects. He became the first Executive Director of the European Microfinance Network, upon its creation in 2004, before joining the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation in November 2010 as the head of Investments and Technical Assistance. He was appointed General Secretary of the Foundation in January 2024. He has been teaching development project management and microfinance for over 20 years in France and abroad. Philippe Guichandut holds a Master’s degree in Urban Social Development from the University of Evry and an MBA from the European University of San Francisco.