Philippe Saint-Cyr

Philippe Saint-Cyr leads the “Haiti Startup Talent” incubation program, supported by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Fonds Assistance Economique et Sociale (FAES). This program has supported more than 300 young entrepreneurs (1100 startups) by offering them financial support of USD 230,000, thus contributing to a positive social and environmental impact.

The incubation program started in 2018 with the support of 20 startups. This launch was made possible thanks to the support of Fomento San Sebastian, a development agency located in the Basque region of Spain, as well as contributions from the city councils of Donostia/San Sebastian and Gipuzcoa. In addition, Haiti Startup Talent supported 30 companies and organizations through two other incubation programs supported by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in 2022 and the Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA) in 2023.

Former Country Director of Yunus Social Business Haiti, a USAID-supported project, he has incubated and funded several social enterprises, building a portfolio of $2.5 million. His leadership has also been recognized at the American Chamber of Commerce in Haiti (Amcham Haiti). In particular, he brought to Haiti the first annual conference “Business Future of the Americas” of the
Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America & Caribbean (AACCLA) held in June 2015. He was also the organizer of the “Haitian American Business Forum”, a historic
gathering that brought together the institutional diaspora with the Haitian private sector. In May 2014, this initiative connected all Haitian chambers of commerce in the U.S. with their local counterparts in Haiti, as well as with the government.

Philippe holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Fordham University with graduate studies in Emerging Markets Political Risk Analysis and a bachelor’s degree in finance from St. John’s University. Philippe is fluent in French and Spanish.