Bruno Casalan
With a professional master's degree in public management and local authority management, he began his professional career in the territorial development department of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations. He then joined IDEAL CO, a local authority knowledge management specialist specializing in financial management.
From 2009 to 2013, he joined Initiative France and was in charge of a program for Initiative Outre-mer platforms. In 2014, Initiative France entrusted him with the international development division to lead Initiative France's strategy in deploying its concept internationally, which is present in Morocco, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire and Chad and has 14 active associations in these countries. This deployment involves mobilizing local economic communities and economic development stakeholders to develop financial and non-financial services for entrepreneurs, adapted to local issues and based on solidarity. In 2019, the international division will become a division of Initiative France, headed by Bruno Casalan.