Etienne Sannicolo is a Senior Financial Sector Specialist at the World Bank and the Task Team Leader for the We Finance Code in Madagascar. Etienne started his career as banking supervisor at the Bank of France in 2015 before joining the World Bank in Washington DC, in 2019. He has dedicated most of his career to financial sector policy, providing expertise on financial stability, financial inclusion, and climate finance in Sub-Saharan African countries. More recently, he became the World Bank lead for financial sector activities in Madagascar, including launching the We Finance Code in Antananarivo in September 2024. Etienne has a master’s degree in Geography from the Ecole Normale Supérieure and in Public Administration from Sciences Po Paris.