The French Parliament has appointed Rémy Rioux as the Chief Executive Officer of Agence Française de Développement, a Public Industrial and Commercial Establishment responsible for development in Southern countries and the French overseas territories
Before the new appointment he was the Deputy Secretary General of the French Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Development
Rémy Rioux, AFD’s 11th Chief Executive Officer, will take over as head of AFD on 2 June 2016
In 2012, he was Director of the Office of the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade, Pierre Moscovici. He was actively involved in redefining economic relations between Africa and France and in the work conducted by Jacques Attali on economic Francophonie. Two years later, Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, appointed him Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry, in charge of economic issues.
Rémy Rioux also conducted control missions in the energy and defense sectors at the Court of Auditors between 1997 and 2004.
He worked at the Ministry of the Interior from2000 to 2002, at the Office of the Minister Daniel Vaillant, where he was responsible for the budget and changeover to the euro. He also held a position at the State Holdings Agency (APE), from 2007 to 2010, as Chief Investment Officer responsible for the transport and media sectors, and sat on the Boards of Directors of various companies
