Odile Renaud-basso

“I learned a lot about what policy environment, what regulatory framework are How much this is important to facilitate a private sector investment and to have a vibrant economy.”

— From Odile Renaud-Basso, President of EBRD on the Main Stage Inspire., Bpifrance (May 10, 2026)

“We see a lot of transformation going on in the continent. This willingness to have the private sector at the core of growth model, very significant reform from trade liberalization, cross-border activity to reduction of state on subsidies, foreign exchange liberalization. All these elements create a big shift towards p...”

— From Odile Renaud-Basso, President of EBRD on the Main Stage Inspire., Bpifrance (May 10, 2026)

“We increased our investment in Ukraine since the beginning of the war, which is not the typical situation for our bank, and we deployed more than 9.5 billion euros, or more than 10 billion dollars, in the country already. And we will continue to do that. We will continue with this level of investment in the war, and we...”

— From Leading a Multilateral Development Bank in Times of Crisis | Inside EBRD with President Renaud-Basso, Oxford Policy Pod (March 25, 2026)

“We have this objective to have 75% of our investment in the private sector, which is unique. For example, AIIB, they are doing mostly they do some private sector, but mostly public sector. Asian Development Bank historically also was doing mostly public sector. Council of Europe Development Bank is doing only sovereign...”

— From Leading a Multilateral Development Bank in Times of Crisis | Inside EBRD with President Renaud-Basso, Oxford Policy Pod (March 25, 2026)

“Trade is a big challenge for sub Africa. I think there is this big objective reflected in the African continental free trade agreement which is to increase trade among across Africa from 15% to 25% in 2040. Regional trade is expected to be a key driver for growth in Africa in the years to come.”

— From In conversation with Odile Renaud-Basso, Trade Treasury Payments (May 31, 2024)

“In Ukraine since the beginning of the war, we have implemented 1.6 billion of trade finance. So it's very much it's a tool which is very useful and very relevant in crisis situation.”

— From In conversation with Odile Renaud-Basso, Trade Treasury Payments (May 31, 2024)

“Private capital mobilization is extremely important. It will not replace ODA because ODA, you need, I mean, it's for some type of funding, some type of project where you really need some concessional funding and to mobilize private sector you also sometimes need some concessional funding in order the catalytic so in or...”

— From EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso on private capital mobilization in Ukraine, AtlanticCouncil (October 15, 2025)

“My message is that we continue to, we need to continue to support Ukraine. The challenges remain. I mean the country is extremely resilient but the attack of Russia in particular very recently, a step up of attack on the energy sector once again on gas supply and so forth has been very very destructive and so we need t...”

— From EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso on private capital mobilization in Ukraine, AtlanticCouncil (October 15, 2025)

“I think we are a bit globally in a populist moment where support for international cooperation or support for development policies is less obvious. I think there is a bit of backlash on the globalization agenda, the multilateral agenda and so forth. But I really believe that on the other hand when you see the challenge...”

— From Odile Renaud-Basso, Monocle Radio (July 04, 2025)

“When there is a ceasefire and when reconstruction, broader scale reconstruction will be possible, then we are ready, I think, to step up our investment and our shareholders provided, I mean, I've subscribed a capital increase for the EBRD in order to be able to provide investment of around 3 billion euros per year in t...”

— From Odile Renaud-Basso, Monocle Radio (July 04, 2025)

“The main threat as I see it is that global fragmentation risks undoing decades of development gains and it weakens the global common priorities of maintaining international order, financial stability and combating climate change. So the cost of undoing that will be could be huge.”

— From EMU Lab | Navigating an uncertain world – conversation with Odile Renaud-Basso, President of EBRD, The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (June 03, 2025)

“I think it would be too simplistic to say that populist parties are the sole factor responsible for driving fragmentation and objectives that are fundamentally off track with European values. And the question is goes beyond the positioning of some political parties and political discussion. We must face the fact that t...”

— From EMU Lab | Navigating an uncertain world – conversation with Odile Renaud-Basso, President of EBRD, The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (June 03, 2025)