Ismail manages AgDevCo’s investments in Francophone West Africa. Ismail has 15 years' experience in investment, finance and project management, with an extended period living in Ghana. Prior to joining AgDevCo in 2014, he worked at BNP Paribas in Paris in Energy and Commodity Finance, and at the World Bank in Washington DC on West African transportation projects. Ismail graduated from École des Ponts in Paris. In parallel to his career in impact investment, Ismail is a jazz musician and composer.