Jean-Sébastien Bergasse

Jean-Sébastien Bergasse is Partner, Responsible for Investments, at Amethis. Mr Bergasse is a member of Amethis’ Executive Committee which oversees the firm’s operations and investments. He oversees the deal sourcing, staffing of the operations while leading transaction execution teams. Mr. Bergasse focuses particularly on East Africa, drawing from his experience from his time at Amethis and before. Prior to joining Amethis in 2013, Mr Bergasse was Head of Proparco’s SME Department, executing deals particularly in the MENA and African regions and managing Proparco’s Banking and Capital Market division. Mr Bergasse holds a degree in finance from the EM Grenoble Business School and a degree in business management from Assas University (Paris).