Alexandre de Lesseps

Alexandre de Lesseps
de Lesseps in 2011
Bornc.  (1949-07-09) 9 July 1949 (age 75)[1][2]
Paris, France[3]
Spouse(s)Isabella Pakenham-Smith
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(m. 1993; div. 2009)​
IssueNoel de Lesseps
Victoria de Lesseps[4]
OccupationEntrepreneur

Alexandre, comte de Lesseps (born c. 1949/1950)[1] is a French entrepreneur and pioneer of microfinancing within developing countries.[1] He currently serves as President of Pandaw Investment Holdings of Hong Kong, focusing on investments in Myanmar. Previously, until 2013, he held the position of chairman at Coral Capital Group and was one of the founder investors in the rebuilt Saratoga Hotel in Havana, Cuba. In 2012, he assumed the role of director at Leopard Capital, a private equity firm specializing in investments in Cambodia, Haiti, and various other frontier markets.[5] De Lesseps was also co-founder and Director of Blue Orchard Finance S.A. of Geneva, a leading microfinance management company.[3]

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  3. ^ a b "Fulbrighters: Conversations with World Leaders". One-to-World. Archived from the original on 2013-02-01.
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  5. ^ "Global Team". Leopard Capital. Archived from the original on 2012-11-27.