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Marianne Vidal-Marin is the Director of I&P Ecosystems, the knowledge hub of Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) leveraging data and experience to generate evidence-based insights and showcase innovative best practices in SME investing. Since 2020, she steers the development of innovative projects aiming at supporting African entrepreneurial ecosystems, and oversees I&P’s capitalization and advocacy activities.

Prior to joining I&P, Marianne worked for six years in international cooperation (French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Institut français, Francophonie) where she supported over a hundred young entrepreneurs and ESOs (incubators and accelerators) in sub-Saharan Africa and the MENA region. She has a bachelor’s degree in political science (Université Lyon 2 and University of Toronto) and a MSc in management from EM Lyon. She is a French and Chilean national and speaks French, Spanish and English.