Bertrand Badré
French private banker
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 the CEO and founder of BlueOrange Capital, an investment fund that focuses on investments aligned with 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. His most recent book “Money Honnie, si la finance sauvait le monde?” explores Badré's experience throughout the financial crisis and how we can reboot the system.
Biography
Badré holds a master's degree in history from La Sorbonne, after graduating from the business school HEC Paris in 1989. He also attended the 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.
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