Philippe Guichandut

General Secretary, Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation
France

From 1986 to 2004, Philippe Guichandut worked for various French development agencies and NGOs, including six years living in Rwanda, India, and the Philippines, 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, before joining the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation in November 2010, as the head of investments and technical assistance. He became
the General Secretary of the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation in 2024.
He has been teaching development project management and microfinance for more than 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.