Director of Innovation, Research and Knowledge - Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
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Professional experience
Thomas Mélonio has been AFD's Executive Director of Innovation, Research and Knowledge since September 2018. His department is responsible for social and economic research, evaluating projects financed by the AFD, training managers in developing countries, financing innovative projects relating to the environment (through FFEM, the French Facility for Global Environment) and helping to promote innovation throughout the AFD.
He is a former head of the AFD Partnerships department (relations with and financing of NGOs, local community organisations, businesses and donors). From 2012 to 2017, he was Deputy Advisor, then Advisor on Africa to the French President. As an economist by training (with a degree from HEC Paris and a doctorate from Sciences Po Paris), he has published several studies within the AFD’s research department on financing education, higher education, and international migration.
He is a former head of the AFD Partnerships department (relations with and financing of NGOs, local community organisations, businesses and donors). From 2012 to 2017, he was Deputy Advisor, then Advisor on Africa to the French President. As an economist by training (with a degree from HEC Paris and a doctorate from Sciences Po Paris), he has published several studies within the AFD’s research department on financing education, higher education, and international migration.