François-Xavier Touzard

Head of Project and Infrastructure Finance Europe, Middle East and Africa, KB Kookmin Bank

Francois-Xavier (Frank) Touzard has been the Head of Project and Infrastructure Finance EMEA at Kookmin Bank (the largest bank in Korea) since 2022.

Frank has more than 20 years of experience mainly in investment banking focused in EMEA infrastructure and energy. Prior to Kookmin Bank, Frank worked at Intesa Sanpaolo, Nord/LB and Moody’s Investor Services.

Frank is responsible for leading the bank’s growth in Project and Infrastructure Finance. Kookmin Bank’s has been particularly active in the digital infrastructure space: several large multi-billion financing pan-European Telecom Towers platforms, several large multi-billion Data Centres platforms in Europe, US and APAC with a high proportion of Hyperscalers DC, single site Data Centre Hyperscalers, etc.

Frank is also a visiting lecturer in Masters, mentor at Young Women into Finance (YWIF) and N.E.D.

Multi-lingual and holds a Master in Finance, Accounting and Audit from the UdA in France, a Master in Renewable Energy from the REI, qualified as a CIMA chartered accountant.