Holder of a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne and a post-graduate diploma in Management from the University of Paris – Dauphine, Alain Liva Raharijaona was Economic Counsellor of the Embassy of Madagascar in Brussels from 2007 to 2019. In the public sector, he was a non-permanent advisor to the Ministry of Trade, in charge of international trade negotiations, and a non-permanent Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, in charge of relations with the private sector. Bilingual, he has also assumed various responsibilities in the private sector: Chairman and CEO of industrial companies (Hydrauma and Feroflex) for 18 years, Coordinator of the Integrated Trade Framework Project (UNDP / World Bank / WTO), Director of FIVMPAMA, International Vice-President of the Francophone Business Forum, Vice-President of the Syndicat des Industries de Madagascar (SIM). From 2015 to 2019, he was a member of the Board of FAPBM and President of the Investment Committee. He became Executive Director of FAPBM on November 18th, 2019.