Hugh Sinclair Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Zagreb, Croatia

● Strategy advisory - act as sounding-board for senior management in range of topics from customer acquisition to regional focus, product development, KPIs & go-to market.● Knowledge base - helping Oradian clients to address specific challenges in their institutions.● Ensuring software is regulatory compliant, e.g. during COVID-19 epidemic.● Product development - loans/savings, accounting, credit scoring etc.

Vietnam / Sri Lanka / Uk / Palestine / Mauritania / El Salvador / Honduras

Big data applications in the financial inclusion space. Data-centred analysis of loan portfolios, savings patterns & internal processes to optimize operations of financial institutions. Typically applied to improving portfolio quality & client retention; process-optimisation to cut costs; refining strategy; better defining target client groups; gender disaggregated reporting; implementing staff incentive programs, etc.

London, Uk

Snowball Impact Management is B-Corporation investment fund focussed on social equity & environmental sustainability. I advise on investments related to micro/SME finance.

Patagonia / Uk

Co-author of "Chile - The Carretera Austral, a guide to one of the world's most scenic road trips" with Warren Houlbrooke. 2nd edition (Oct 20223) co-authored with Edward Menard. Foreword by Douglas Tompkins, conservationist & founder of The North Face:"Stretching from the Chilean Lake District to southern Patagonia, the Carretera Austral offers South America's greatest road trip. It runs through Chile's wildest region, where towering forests sit alongside monumental glaciers & Andean… Show more Co-author of "Chile - The Carretera Austral, a guide to one of the world's most scenic road trips" with Warren Houlbrooke. 2nd edition (Oct 20223) co-authored with Edward Menard. Foreword by Douglas Tompkins, conservationist & founder of The North Face:"Stretching from the Chilean Lake District to southern Patagonia, the Carretera Austral offers South America's greatest road trip. It runs through Chile's wildest region, where towering forests sit alongside monumental glaciers & Andean condors soar above aquamarine lakes. Bordered by craggy cliffs & mountains, the 1,270km road snakes past secluded settlements, exclusive lodges, vivid marble caves & mist-shrouded hot springs - not to mention countless snow-tipped volcanoes & national parks. Although challenging, it is undoubtedly worth the effort. In this, the very first guidebook to cover this extraordinary route, Hugh Sinclair & Warren Houlbrooke provide all the background and practical information you'll need for your journey, including schematic & easy-to-use maps."Bradt Travel Guides (UK), January 2016, ISBN: 978 1 78477 003 72nd edition incorporating W3W addresses and full navigation functionality - industry first. Show less

Peru

Sabores de la Selva produce three exotic & nutritious sauces from ingredients found only in the Peruvian Amazon jungle, sold predominantly through the main Peruvian supermarket chains, but also abroad, particularly to the Latino/Peruvian diaspora. My role has focussed principally upon surviving the challenges faced by Covid, financial restructuring & developing strategic alliances.

Argentina / Norway / Liberia

Advisory role to AMAS Group, strategy development & board director of DMDI (Liberia)

Monrovia, Liberia

Active since inception, first task was to obtain banking license; oversight of adoption of cloud-based core banking system (Oradian); staff training; launch of geo-location service (What3Words); facilitating local strategic partnerships; reviewing policy manuals; ensure consistent reporting platform; business continuity planning; member of various board committees.

Argentina / Norway / Ecuador / Liberia

Board director of Ecuadorian & Liberian banks owned by AMAS; implementation & management of KPIs for Group; strategic/advisory role; country selection model; various conferences (attending and arranging).

Guayaquil, Ecuador

On/off-site proactive board director role; restructuring of bank following 2016 earthquake; monthly board & committee meetings: audit (2013-15, 2017), technology (2014-18), ethics (2017-18), operations (2017-18).

San Francisco / South America

"A microfinance Industry insider offers a shocking account of corruption & betrayal of the poor by an industry supposedly dedicated to doing good. The author is one of the rare field workers who sees microloans at ground level; he concludes that predatory lending & profit pressure are causing most microloans to do far more harm than good. This is the sad tale of a good idea gone horribly bad."Endorsed by John Perkins, Ha-Joon Chang, David Korten, Milford Bateman, Mads Kjaer & Tim… Show more "A microfinance Industry insider offers a shocking account of corruption & betrayal of the poor by an industry supposedly dedicated to doing good. The author is one of the rare field workers who sees microloans at ground level; he concludes that predatory lending & profit pressure are causing most microloans to do far more harm than good. This is the sad tale of a good idea gone horribly bad."Endorsed by John Perkins, Ha-Joon Chang, David Korten, Milford Bateman, Mads Kjaer & Tim VangBerrett-Koehler (San Francisco) July 2012, ISBN: 1609945182See www.microfinancetransparency.com for more information, excerpts, media coverage, events, supporting evidence, documentaries & background to the book. Show less

Germany / Mongolia / Argentina

Author of WWB "Portfolio Analysis Toolkit" (design & delivery of corresponding training programs). Design of new consulting products & extending client base; design & launch of analytical tools & corresponding training programs; PAR management; core banking needs analysis/selection processes; broad consulting services to SME/microfinance clients; analysis of regulatory environment of Central America; portfolio analysis for MFIs in Uganda, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador & India; gender-based studies of… Show more Author of WWB "Portfolio Analysis Toolkit" (design & delivery of corresponding training programs). Design of new consulting products & extending client base; design & launch of analytical tools & corresponding training programs; PAR management; core banking needs analysis/selection processes; broad consulting services to SME/microfinance clients; analysis of regulatory environment of Central America; portfolio analysis for MFIs in Uganda, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador & India; gender-based studies of microfinance effectiveness; branch restructuring, Peru; advisory work for Mambu (SaaS provider of core banking solutions). Show less

Belfast / Amsterdam / Panama City

Identification & acquisition of Southern Horizon Ltd, Philippine-based producer of microfinance software “M2”; integration of M2 into the Fern product range; testing & key documentation for M2 & Focus; product strategy development; established Latin American office (Panama City), key hires & strategy for Latin America.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Advisory services including back-office restructuring; core-banking systems; reporting; internal audit; strategic outlook including identifying & negotiating M&A opportunities; product development & training. Advisory services often linked, or pre-cursor to, lending/equity investments of Triple Jump.

Maputo, Mozambique

Analysis of an MFI in crisis, with corresponding recommendations & implementation plan presented to senior management in Mozambique & USA. Led a team of local & int'l experts to modify existing products, launch an individual loan product & install core banking software across the mostly rural branch network. Extensive training of local staff in the field; designed an incentive program & restructured the balance sheet to achieve branch-level operating self-sufficiency.

Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico

Identification, negotiation & installation of core banking software (M2); replacement of accountant & conversion to GAAP; formalisation/standardization of methodology & corresponding processes; analysis of self-sufficiency with corresponding recommendations; corporate restructuring & modelling.

San Cristobal De Las Casas, Mexico

Responsibility for raising external capital. Design & implementation of new software; preparation of business plan, management accounts & projections; transition to GAAP. Analysis of processes in order to refine strategy, identify weaknesses & plan growth path; GTC representative at New York Micro Finance Summit 2002. Preparation for formal rating and launch of two savings vehicles in gradual shift to full banking license.

London, Uk

MBA graduate program - never fulfilled role

The Americas

Successfully established the fastest passage through the Americas by motorbike (Honda Africa Twin): 24,000kms from Prudhoe Bay (Alaska) to Ushuaia (Argentina). Total time on the road: 35 days. Sponsored by Honda, Aerostitch, Shoei etc. & raised funds for UK charity Action Aid. Record remains unbroken to this day.

London, Uk

Appraised new investment opportunities; negotiated with clients & bankers; prepared memoranda & models; worked on refinancings, public-to-private & MBOs; structured debt, equity & mezzanine deals, in US, Bangladesh, Mexico, China. Detailed modelling, in-depth analysis of markets & their competitive structure.

London / Amsterdam / Santiago De Chile / Buenos Aires

Co-managed $1bn of FTSE-100 corporate exposure in emerging markets. Financial modelling, preparation & delivery of presentations to clients. Focus on off balance-sheet stock finance transactions for clients with Latin American operations, paying close attention to tax, interest, forex, convertibility & default considerations, local financial instruments & legislation.

London, Uk

Volatility modelling using FAME programming language & econometrics to detect arbitrage opportunities on FTSE, CAC, DAX, SMI, S&P and IBEX. BZW sponsored my MSc at Durham University.

Toronto, Canada

Assistant trader on the Toronto Stock Exchange and Toronto Futures Exchange.Professional qualifications: Canadian Securities Course (72%), Registered Representative (72%), Canadian Options Course (72%), US Futures Courses (65%) and Canadian Futures Course (97% - highest in Canada). Gap-year and university holidays.

Phd (Part-Time), School Of International Development

Supervisors: Maren Duvendack & Arjan Verschoor Taught components: Econometric Theory, Applied Econometrics 1 & 2, Econometrics.

Mba, General Management

Msc, International & Corporate Finance

Activities and Societies: Undergraduate macroeconomics tutor Thesis: Price Dominance & Hedge Effectiveness of the Canadian Futures Market

Ba (Hons), Economics - 2I

Activities and Societies: Captain of skydive club; projectionist of Durham University Film Unit (DUFU); secretary of Investment Club.

10 Gcses; Maths & Psychology Ao Level; Maths, Physics & Economics A-Level; Step & S-Level Economics