Inclusive Finance Expert
Independent Consultant
Région De Paris, France
Fields of expertise: Market research, feasibility studies, project formulation, policy advising in the fields of financial inclusion, remittances, payment services, SME banking and rural finance.Assignment samples:• Policy advisory: remittances and migration expert, Financial Facility for Remittances, Policy and Technical Advisory Division, IFAD, since march 2014.• Market research/product development- Remittances senders and receivers behavior analysis in France and Mali to design new products (housing, SME financing), services (remittances, pension payment) and marketing approach for 2 MFIs. Payment services and products roll out. 2012-2013. - Small farmers cash flow and production analysis to design a warrantage loan scheme for a senegalese MFI backed by a EU value chain project (EU, GRET), 2010.• Feasibility studyProject to support diaspora investment in their home country, Senegal and Cameroun (AFD), 2012.• Financial inclusion study : Financial inclusion study in Tunisia, data collection, analysis and recommandations of a set of indicators, june 2013-january2014, MicroMed• Sectorial project formulation- MicroMED, project to improve financial inclusion in Tunisia (ADA, EIB), 2012.- Project to improve inclusive finance and MFIs in Cabo Verde (ADA Luxembourg/Cooperation of Lux.), 2011.• Assessment- SME financing component of PAISD, a project to leverage senegalese diaspora investisment in Senegal, (French cooperation, buget 9 mln €), 2013.- mesofinance program (SME banking) of Procredit Ghana, mid-term review (AFD, Procredit), 2012.• Training/capacity buiding- Remittances for MFIs, Microfinance Training Program, Boulder/ILO, Turin, 2010, 2011, 2012.- Remittances and new technologies for MFIs, CESAG, West African Management Center, 2009.- Adaptation of Microfinance Opportunity modules on financial education for young entrepreneurs ans ToT, Tunisia, Mercy Corps, July 2013