THE TEAM

Benoît CHERVALIER  is the cofounder of the Chair and executive director.

Benoît Chervalier is an investment banker and lecturer at ESSEC Business School in finance and on the financing of economies and businesses in Africa. He has more than 20 years of experience in negotiations and transactions with emerging and African countries in particular. In 2023, he was appointed Vice President Africa of MEDEF international and President of the Africa and financing Commission at Business Europe, the European Business Association.

Andrea Roncoroni is a Professor of Finance at ESSEC Business School (Paris) and Visiting Fellow at Bocconi University (Milan). He serves as Chairman of the Commodity and Energy Markets Association (CEMA) and as Director of the Energy and Commodity Finance (ECOMFIN) Research Center. His research work deals with stochastic modeling, risk management, and asset allocation, with a focus on nonfinancial firms and commodity markets. He published in Operations Research, J. Business, J. Banking & Finance, European J. Operational Research, and Energy Economics, among others. 

David Boyer has been with ESSEC since 2018. He serves as the coordinator for the “Shaping the Future of Finance” and “Business & Industry in Africa” teaching Chairs, the “ESSEC Amundi” research Chair, and the Finance Track of the Master in Management program.