Bertrand Badré  Bertrand Badré was born on 10 May 1968. He is the son of Denis Badré, Senator of Hauts-de-Seine until 2011 and mayor of Ville d'Avray. Bertrand Badré is CEO and Founder of BlueOrange Capital, an investment fund that aims to finance the Sustainable Development Goals with market level financial returns. Previously, Badré served as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of the World Bank Group. Badré also held key positions at Société Générale, Crédit Agricole and Lazard, and was an advisor to previous French President Jacques Chirac’s diplomatic team. He is currently a member or chairs numerous boards paneks, committees, and research institutions, and teaches in a number of universities. His most recent book is titled “Money Honnie, si la finance sauvait le monde?” with a foreword from Gordon Brown, former prime minister of the UK and which explores Badré’s experience throughout the financial crisis and how we can reboot the system. The English version of the book “Can finance save the world? Regaining control over money to serve common good” has been prefaced by the president of France, Emmanuel Macron. The book has also been translated into Italian, Russian, and Chinese. Badré holds a Master's degree in History from La Sorbonne, after graduating from the renowned business school HEC Paris in 1989. He also attended the prestigious ENA (École nationale d'administration) and Sciences Po. Badré began his career in 1989 at BFI-Ibexsa, a Franco-American company that is now part of Avnet. From 1995 to 1999, he worked at the French Ministry of Finance, where he led a number of control, audit and consultancy missions for the French National Audit Office, "Inspection Générale des Finances." In 1999, Badré joined Lazard, where he became Vice President in the London office, Director in the New York office, and Managing Director in the Paris office. He led several mergers, acquisitions, disposals, and restructuring projects, including the successfully restructuring of Eurotunnel. In 2002, Badré was a member of the World Panel on Financing Water Infrastructure chaired by Michel Camdessus, a panel of financial experts to assess ways of attracting resources to the water field. In 2003, Badré joined President Jacques Chirac’s office in Paris as Advisor and Deputy Africa Personal Representative.