Catherine DUBREUIL LE ROY

🌍 Your Gateway to the Indian Ocean & Africa | Founder Obvious Way & All for Impact | Market Entry · Networks · Impact | Board member CCI France Maurice & Carrefour entrepreneurs OI | Based in Mauritius

Grand Bay, Rivière du Rempart, Mauritius

About

From Paris La Défense as a banker to villages in the Sahel for an NGO, from Mauritius boardrooms to Nairobi innovation hubs — I have spent more than 20 years building bridges where others saw distances. Banker. Entrepreneur. NGO leader. International consultant. Board member. Every chapter added a layer. Today, I connect them all. 🌍 What I do Expanding into the Indian Ocean or Sub-Saharan Africa? I am your single point of contact — from feasibility study to first revenues, I coordinate everything so you can focus on your project. Obvious Way is the reference one-stop shop for market entry and business development in the South-West Indian Ocean: → Market intelligence & strategic positioning → Tailor-made prospection missions & Learning Expeditions on the ground → Immigration permits, company setup & bank account opening → Qualified B2B introductions & business development → Institutional representation & high-level strategic advisory Coverage: Mauritius · Seychelles · Réunion · Madagascar · Comoros · Mayotte · Sub-Saharan Africa My edge? I know exactly who to call — and they pick up. 🏛 1st female President 2017-2019, CCI France Mauritius (270+ companies, 94 countries) — Board member since 2024 and Head of Regional Relations Commission Board Member, Carrefour des Entrepreneurs de l'Océan Indien (1,400+ members) since 2019 Young Leader 2021, French African Foundation Former accredited expert Team France Export/Stratexio 🌱 All for Impact — making impact finance accessible Co-founder of All for Impact, an advisory firm headquartered in Mauritius connecting investors, impact funds and entrepreneurs to channel capital toward the SDGs across Africa. Co-authored "How to Unlock Catalytic Capital for African SMEs" — 50+ interviews, 35 case studies across 12 countries, 1,000+ participants at our international webinar with AVPA (2026). Mauritius is not just a beautiful island. It is Africa's most sophisticated business and financial hub — stable, bilingual, with 46 double taxation agreements and direct flights worldwide. If you are serious about Africa, this is where you start. World citizen · Trilingual FR/EN/DE · Basic Spanish · Based in Mauritius 📩 [email protected] · 📱 +230 5934 0742 (WhatsApp) · 🌐 www.obvious-way.com

Experience

  • Co-Founder at All For Impact
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    Leveraging Mauritius as Africa's leading impact investment platform All for Impact is an advisory firm, headquartered in Mauritius, dedicated to making impact finance accessible to all. By connecting investors with locally rooted impact funds and transparent tools, our goal is to help channel capital toward projects that advance the Sustainable Development Goals. Co-authored landmark study "How to Unlock Catalytic Capital for African SMEs" (Catalytic Capital Consortium) — 50+ interviews, 35 case studies, 1,000+ registered participants at international webinar with African Venture Philantropy Alliance (2026)

  • Board member & Head of Regional Relations Commission at CCI France Maurice
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Founder and Director at Impact Way
    Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

    The CSR one stop shop with a focus on impact in Africa: Features under development among others extra financial reporting made easier with AI

  • Advisor at AfroClimate
    Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Empowering climate entrepreneurs and community-based conservation organizations

  • Board member at Carrefour des Entrepreneurs de l'Océan Indien CEOI
    Apr 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 3 mos

    Board member in charge of Mauritius