Xavier is an Associate at Cresco Project Finance, with six years of experience originating and executing transactions in Africa. Xavier graduated with a master’s degree in finance from the INSEEC Paris Business School and started his career in Africa as consultant in the transactions services of Deloitte before joining Bpifrance in 2015 as the first Representative of the French public investment bank based in Abidjan and then as Structured Export Finance Associate based in Paris. Xavier has been involved in equity fundraising, due diligences, business plan modelling, project finance, export credit facility backed by ECA in various sectors including industry, mining, energy, healthcare, logistics, infrastructure and defence with a strong focus on West Africa.