Gaëtan Cochard

Gaëtan Cochard is the Director of GSA Transactions at Global Sovereign Advisory (GSA), a role he has held since 2021. He brings nearly 16 years of extensive experience in debt structuring, execution, and management, particularly within emerging markets. His career has been significantly focused on Africa, where he has supported access to both domestic and international capital markets, along with debt and risk management strategies.13

Before joining GSA, Cochard worked at Citi, where he led the Corporate Bank and Corporate Finance franchise for West and Central Africa from Dakar. His initial career phase involved public sector advisory roles at Citi, which laid the groundwork for his expertise in financial advisory services.12

Cochard holds a degree from the Institut d'Etudes politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), enhancing his qualifications in the field of finance and advisory.23