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Diverse (Philippines, Mali, Tanzania, Burundi, Congo, Senegal, Burkina Faso...)

Some recent consultancies: • Apr 2019 – Dec 2019, FEFISOL (SIDI & Alterfin), COTA: Evaluation of the technical assistance facility of the social investment fund FEFISOL. • Dec 2018- May 2020, Mercy Corps, F&S, RDCongo: Development of rural finance strategy and coaching of local team and consultants to build access to finance for farmers in FARM program: input finance and warehouse receipt lending. • 2017 – Ongoing, BRS and ADA (MICROFACT): Regular training sessions in the use of the… Show more Some recent consultancies: • Apr 2019 – Dec 2019, FEFISOL (SIDI & Alterfin), COTA: Evaluation of the technical assistance facility of the social investment fund FEFISOL. • Dec 2018- May 2020, Mercy Corps, F&S, RDCongo: Development of rural finance strategy and coaching of local team and consultants to build access to finance for farmers in FARM program: input finance and warehouse receipt lending. • 2017 – Ongoing, BRS and ADA (MICROFACT): Regular training sessions in the use of the tool MICROVISION for financial projections of MFIs, and support in development of the tool.• August 2017 – January 2018: AFC, GIZ/ProDra,Togo: development of 3 business models in the pineapple and cashew value chains. • May 2016 – March 2021: ICCO/Terrafina/ F&S: STARS-Program with Mastercard Foundation, Senegal and Burkina Faso: Backstopping product development and capacity building with 9 MFIs: agri-individual risk assessment, agri-group loans, value chain finance, warehouse receipt lending, institutional assessment and capacity building of MFIs to increase rural outreach. • May 2016 – Dec 2019: ICCO/Terrafina/ FSAS/MAVC-program Dutch Embassy, Burundi: Backstopping product development on solidarity group lending (10 MFIs) and on warehouse receipt lending (6 MFIs). • Feb 2014 – April 2016: World Bank & ENABEL, Algeria: Support ANGEM with developing its monitoring and evaluation systems, staff training in SME-finance, executing an institutional performance study, and suggesting product innovation to improve micro-, small and medium enterprise finance. Show less

Mali

o Promotion of Social Performance Management within the Malian microfinance sector by providing coaching on Social Performance activities of APSFD Mali, and facilitating processes with about 20 Malian MFIs in topics as social strategy development, SMART-campaign on consumer protection, SPS-reporting to MIX-market, Progress out of Poverty Indicators (PPI), social rating or audits, SPI, etc. o Organizing capacity building to 7 rural MFIs (6 Cveca networks and 1 credit led MFI) in… Show more o Promotion of Social Performance Management within the Malian microfinance sector by providing coaching on Social Performance activities of APSFD Mali, and facilitating processes with about 20 Malian MFIs in topics as social strategy development, SMART-campaign on consumer protection, SPS-reporting to MIX-market, Progress out of Poverty Indicators (PPI), social rating or audits, SPI, etc. o Organizing capacity building to 7 rural MFIs (6 Cveca networks and 1 credit led MFI) in institutional restructuration, strategic planning (Microfin and Microvision), professionalizing into sustainable organizations, manual and product development, value chain finance, monitoring with Microscore and BRS-Factsheet. Show less

Tanzania And Belgium

• Tanzania: July 2007- Aug. 2009: Senior Microfinance Advisor, TRIAS, technical assistance for 5 Tanzanian MFIs in Mufindi and around Arusha: design of support programs, strategic planning and financial projections, financial management and shareholder extension, social performance management, training of Tanzanian MFIs and all TRIAS microfinance staff.• Brussels: Sept. 2001- June 2007: Microfinance coordinator / research and development on microfinance, TRIAS. Coordinating, technical… Show more • Tanzania: July 2007- Aug. 2009: Senior Microfinance Advisor, TRIAS, technical assistance for 5 Tanzanian MFIs in Mufindi and around Arusha: design of support programs, strategic planning and financial projections, financial management and shareholder extension, social performance management, training of Tanzanian MFIs and all TRIAS microfinance staff.• Brussels: Sept. 2001- June 2007: Microfinance coordinator / research and development on microfinance, TRIAS. Coordinating, technical assistance and planning for a microfinance program in 12 countries (Philippines, Vietnam, Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, Guinea, Ghana, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala); training field advisors and MFIs; introducing BRS-factsheet, developing an microfinance assessment manual for TRIAS, Field testing Social Performance Indicators of Cerise (SPI), fund raising; start up of European Microfinance platform and steering committee Social Performance Task Force in its initial years. Show less

Master After Master, Development Studies, Distinction

Licentiate Degree, Master In Applied Economics, International Economics And Diplomacy, Distinction