The career of Claude Alphandéry, founder of France Active

An expert in the social and solidarity economy and solidarity finance, Fanny Gérome supports the growth of France Active by applying her strategic and financial expertise to the service of committed entrepreneurs and impact-driven organizations.

A lifelong resistance fighter, a committed economist and financier, and an activist, Claude Alphandéry—a banker unlike any other—was a key figure in the social and solidarity economy. Throughout his life, he tirelessly mobilized women and men around the cause of a more inclusive and sustainable economy.

He laid the foundations for solidarity-based finance. He succeeded in convincing banks and investors that another kind of economy is possible—one rooted in local communities, driven by citizens, and integrating social and environmental challenges. Claude Alphandéry succeeded in pioneering new economic models that place social utility at the heart of their primary objectives and put financial profitability in its proper place.