Vincent Launay is a Senior Infrastructure Finance Specialist at the World Bank Group, where he has worked since 2014. He specializes in IBRD and IDA guarantee operations, focusing particularly on guarantees to sovereigns and State-Owned Enterprises. In 2024, Vincent led the guarantee structuring work for the World Bank's first Debt-for-Development swap in Côte d'Ivoire. Before joining the World Bank, Vincent worked as a financial structuring analyst at EDF, Europe's largest power producer. He holds a master’s degree in finance from HEC Paris and is a CFA Charterholder.