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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed 16 agriculture impact investment (loan, loan guarantee, and equity) projects in dairy, beef, goat, spice, and coffee value chains in Latin American and Asian countries, including Nicaragua, Guatemala, Cambodia, Bangladesh, and Nepal – an angel equity investment to an early-stage export company in Guatemala to ensure farmers’ access to capital and market– loan guarantee investments with financial institutions in Nicaragua, Cambodia, and Bangladesh to assist farmers in getting… Show more • Managed 16 agriculture impact investment (loan, loan guarantee, and equity) projects in dairy, beef, goat, spice, and coffee value chains in Latin American and Asian countries, including Nicaragua, Guatemala, Cambodia, Bangladesh, and Nepal – an angel equity investment to an early-stage export company in Guatemala to ensure farmers’ access to capital and market– loan guarantee investments with financial institutions in Nicaragua, Cambodia, and Bangladesh to assist farmers in getting access to capital• Performed management, technical, financial, administrative, budgeting, and operational tasks, including– Conducting program monitoring/evaluation, ensuring performance and compliance of program objectives; – Executing investment sourcing, screening, due diligence, negotiations, and transactions;– Conducting financial analyses/modeling (Excel), market/industry research, and industry engagement/knowledge management;– Preparing technical/financial and research reports and business proposals; – Developing strategic planning and investment strategies• Established and maintained partnerships with donors, co-investors, financial institutions, and other stakeholders• Supported Heifer’s organizational strategic change and capacity building by organizing two training events about impact investing at Heifer’s HQ and the Cambodia office, and advised implementing staffs about inclusive business on a daily basis• Supported business development, including a proposal of establishing Heifer’s impact investing fund to empower women in Nepal for a grant from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific• Represented Heifer to actively engage in IFAD’s the Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network• Mapped Heifer’s agribusiness landscape with current financial and agricultural technology products and services, and develop a strategy to identify suitable partners Show less

Taipei, Taiwan

• Executed investment structuring, negotiations, and transactions; conducted economic/research and knowledge management; prepared technical/financial reports and investment proposals; developed investment strategies and policies; and performed the development and delivery of financial products and services; collaborated with governments and private sectors and led dialogues among stakeholders• Managed 6 lending and investment projects in Latin America, Caribbean, and Asia, including:–… Show more • Executed investment structuring, negotiations, and transactions; conducted economic/research and knowledge management; prepared technical/financial reports and investment proposals; developed investment strategies and policies; and performed the development and delivery of financial products and services; collaborated with governments and private sectors and led dialogues among stakeholders• Managed 6 lending and investment projects in Latin America, Caribbean, and Asia, including:– Managed a $15 million blended finance fund, Specialized Financial Intermediary Development Fund, which mobilized another $35 million, to provide grant and investment capital to financial institutions for SMEs to access digital financial services in Latin America, including an online factoring service in El Salvador and a mobile lending service in Nicaragua– Monitored a $5 million investment in the BTS India Private Equity Fund which invested in 8 growth-stage enterprises in India, including a pharmaceutical company, and created 2,000 jobs– Assessed and planned a $3 million loan to SAC Apoyo Integral, S.A., a financial institution in El Salvador, to provide financial products and services to underserved populations that had little access to economic and social benefits– Managed a $300,000 microfinance project in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to help micro and small enterprises gain access to capital– Exercised due diligence and increased a $1.5 million equity investment in Taiwan’s Oversea Investment & Development Company (OIDC), supervised the OIDC and its subsidiary, Oversea Engineering and Construction Company, on the board– Provided assistance for a project of Green Energy Special Fund of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as part of public-private partnership scheme, and for a sovereign loan project of Repair and Upgrade of Bonriki International Airport in Kiribati in collaboration with the World Bank’s Kiribati Aviation Investment Project Show less

Taipei, Taiwan

• Performed program/grant management of technical, operational, administrative, and financial aspects, including: – Executed project development, planning, resource mobilization, implementation/supervision, monitoring and evaluation, and closing;– Ensured transaction/cost accuracy and contract compliance, tracked expenditure, conducted budgeting and procurement;– Prepared various technical, advising, and progress reports to inform decision makings;– Coordinated between HQs and… Show more • Performed program/grant management of technical, operational, administrative, and financial aspects, including: – Executed project development, planning, resource mobilization, implementation/supervision, monitoring and evaluation, and closing;– Ensured transaction/cost accuracy and contract compliance, tracked expenditure, conducted budgeting and procurement;– Prepared various technical, advising, and progress reports to inform decision makings;– Coordinated between HQs and country teams and supported and guided country teams • Managed 21 technical assistance projects in Latin America, South Pacific, and Middle East, including but not limited to: – A livestock-farming project and a horticultural project in Nauru, producing nutritious products for local communities– An aquaculture project in Belize, which supplemented a dietary intake of protein in resource-constraint communities – Other agriculture, aquaculture, and small- and medium-sized enterprise development projects in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, etc Show less

Hsinchu County/City, Taiwan

• Managed corporate client’s $15 million router redesign/upgrade project, the second-largest in company history• Led a 30-people team and controlled project scopes, schedules, and costs from products’ R&D stage to mass production

Bonn, Germany

• Conducted procurement preparation, including solicitations, term negotiations, and risk evaluation• Performed research on UNU's procurement practices and policies for the group's annual review

Nantou County, Taiwan

• Managed wholesale and retail business in central Taiwan • Developed business plan and sales strategies, and digitalized the operational system

Changhua County, Taiwan

• Responsible for the tire-export business to Palau, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Bangladesh• Negotiated key pricing with agents and managed new tire model development projects, marketing support and customer service for corporate clients

Lilongwe, Malawi

• Assisted in carrying out community development projects that helped built self-sustained maize mills which supplied the villages with extra income to set up community shops and chicken farms• Supported in setting up vocational training cooperation projects which provided carpentry and mechanic training for students in Lilongwe Technical College

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), International Economic Policy

Bachelor, Business Administration