Rethinking Development Finance with Rémy Rioux

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Rethinking Development Finance with Rémy Rioux

02 Apr 2025, 17:00 – 18:00

11 Montague St
London
WC1B 5BP
United Kingdom

Join Rémy Rioux, Chief Executive Officer of the French Development Agency (AFD) and Chairman of Finance in Common, for a special enrichment lecture on the future of global development finance.

Amid growing geopolitical tensions and shrinking fiscal space, the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) marked a pivotal moment for sustainable investment worldwide. Rioux will explore how Official Development Assistance (ODA) is evolving, the rising influence of public development banks across scales, and how public–private collaboration can maximise the impact and reach of every concessional pound deployed toward national development.

Hosted at UCL IIPP on Tuesday 21st October 2025 17:00 - 18:00PM (GMT) for a talk by Rémy Rioux.

Rémy Rioux

Chief Executive Officer

Agence française de Développement (AFD)

An expert in economics and international financial institutions, Rémy Rioux has held high-level positions in a career devoted to development, climate and Africa. After serving as chief of staff of the French Economy and Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici, he was appointed by Laurent Fabius Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Development, and coordinated the finance agenda for the French presidency of COP21.