Yasser Henda
Global Head of Export Finance
BNP Paribas
Yasser started his professional career in 1994 with the World Bank in Washington D.C., at the North-Africa Private sector and Infrastructure Division. Yasser joined Paribas in 1995. After three years at the Export Finance Division for Africa & Middle-East, Yasser joined the Energy Project Finance Group, where he played a prominent role in leading high profile arranging and advisory mandates in the Europe, Middle-East and Africa regions. In September 2004, Yasser was appointed Head of Export Finance for Africa & Middle-East until December 2008. He was then appointed Deputy Global Head of Export Finance and Global Head of Regional Development & Origination. Since January 2013, Yasser is Global Head of Export Finance. Yasser is a graduate from Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, and holds a masters degree in Mathematical Economics from University Paris-I, Panthéon/Sorbonne. He is trilingual Arabic/French/English.