Landry Parkouda is an entrepreneur and impact investor, Co-Founder and President of ForthInvestment, a West African firm driving advisory, acceleration, and investment for high-potential SMEs. With over 15 years of experience in finance and impact investing, he began his career at PwC Advisory in Paris, leading audits and internal control missions for multinationals and public institutions. He later served as Country Lead at Investisseurs & Partenaires (€400M AUM), overseeing operations in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, and co-managing €150M in assets across Sub-Saharan Africa. Through ForthInvestment, he has supported more than 650 companies, mobilised over €6 million, and impacted 650,000 beneficiaries. ForthInvestment is currently structuring a €30M mezzanine debt fund designed to address the missing middle financing gap in Francophone West Africa. Landry holds a degree from Université Paris-Dauphine and advanced training in Private Equity and Sustainable Leadership.