Dominique Hautbergue is an engineer who has been working for over 25 years on infrastructure projects in various countries, particularly in the urban sector. He started his career as a technical inspection engineer in civil engineering in France and subsequently specialized in the water and sanitation sector in international design offices, where he managed studies for various projects and their implementation. After having headed the Brazilian subsidiary of a German consultancy firm, then an engineering firm of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations Group, he joined AFD in 2001, where his work focused on financing urban infrastructure and local authorities in the Maghreb region and overseas France. He is continuing his activity in the CEFEB’s “Cities and Sustainable Territories” unit on the topics of urban development and infrastructure.