•Over 16 years of increasingly senior management experience in Sub-Sahara Africa of which over 8 years at Strategy level for Africa economic activity projects with hands-on experience in operations and project management based in Accra, Ghana with evidenced successes in program implementation, turnaround, growth and team development. Prior to my Africa experience I have about 20 years in Retail Banking, with a leading commercial bank in India . •As Vice President & Head of TA for Africa for Accion International,a US based not-for-profit NGO,a pioneer in the financial inclusion space,have demonstrated extensive competence in high quality Technical Assistance delivery to MFIs in SSA covering projects in Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. •Sound understanding of greenfield operations for microfinance projects in SSA context. •Robust hands-on experience in turnaround operations with evidenced successes of the critical partner MFI institutions specifically in Mumbai, Nigeria and Ghana-earning the title as Turn-around Special of Accion International•Demonstrated skills in project oversight,monitoring,project implementation ensuring on time deliverables. •Evidenced capability to manage international multiple funding streams (gates Foundation, Symbiotics, Boeing Foundation, FMO, Mastercard ) adhering to excellent reporting discipline vis-a-vis the stakeholders and HQ and ensuring policy implementation and compliance•Well acclaimed for expert contributions to process/policy documentations -development of strategy document, annual business plans, risk management framework and operations manual for partner MFIs.•Proven ability to build, develop and maintain strategic partnerships and donor relationships built on strong communication and presentation skills•Demonstrated successes as an effective Team leader, in team building, coaching and mentoring skills having lead a team of multinational and multi disciplinary project managers and leading the Hiring process for critical project positions across SSA .•Extremely competent in collaborating across the global working environment to achieve efficiency, knowledge sharing and learning. •Acclaimed success as Head of Representative office in Africa having evidenced ability to administer and manage the representative office with responsibilities of vendor and records management, procurement and logistics and satisfactorily ensuring complete statutory & regulatory compliances. •Passionate about working towards making a difference in the lives of people