Participants` List

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Participants` List
GUEST SPEAKERS
ZSOLT LÁSLÓ BECSEY – HUNGARIAN MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (HUNGARY)
MEP Zsolt Becsey has been working for twenty years now in European Affairs.
He graduated in Budapest in Economics and International Relations, and entered
the Hungarian diplomatic service. Later, as deputy head of Hungary’s
Representation to the EU, he actively participated in his country’s EU
enlargement negotiations. Committed to what he calls the “real integration” of
the new Member States, MEP Zsolt Becsey has been active mainly in the
European Parliaments ECON Committee (Economic and Monetary Affairs),
specializing on taxation because of its direct, visible impact on economic, social
and regional development. It was this social and politic interest that brought
MEP Becsey to consider microcredit, with the aim of adapting it to European
reality.
GUISEPPE GUZZETTI
ASSOCIATION (ITALY)
– PRESIDENT OF FOUNDATION CARIPLO AND ITALIAN SAVINGS BANK
A law graduate at the Catholic University of Milan, Mr Guzzetti entered local
government in 1970, as regional counsellor for the Lombardy region. After
serving as President of the same region, he entered the Italian Senate in 1987.
Later on, he collaborated as board member and chairman to several institutions
such as the association of Italian Foundations and Savings Banks, the Bocconi
University, the Fondation de credit agricole – Pays de France and Fondazione per
il Sud. Today, he is a member of the “Technical-Scientific Committee for the
Economics of Culture” of the Italian Ministry of Culture and of the Piazza
“Finanziaria Italiana” Committee.
LETIZIA MORATTI – MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MILAN (ITALY)
Mrs Moratti was born in Milan and was able, in her career, to combine
institutional tasks to the leadership of important industrial groups. Counted
among the most well-known European entrepreneurs, she developed activities
in the different fields of finance, insurance, communications, new media and risk
management. Specifically in the sectors of insurance brokerage and new
economy she founded and directed major international companies. She
successively served as president of RAI, a state owned television company and
News Corp Europe. In 2003, she became Minister of Education, University and Scientific Research.
She is engaged in various humanitarian and social assistance activities and is Ambassador for the
UNDCP (UN Office on Drugs and Crimes). She became the new Mayor of Milan in June 2006.
KLAAS MOLENAAR – PRESIDENT - EMN (FRANCE)
Mr. Molenaar has more than 30 years of field experience in SME programmes and
organisations worldwide. He founded and manages IntEnt Foundation, where he
developed a programme to link Migration, Development and Entrepreneurship. He
is the founder and Director of Triodos Facet (1990), a SME consultancy, training
and implementation agency as well as of SEON Foundation, specialized in starting
SMEs in the Netherlands. He is an Associate Professor on microfinance and small
enterprise development at the University of Applied Science INHOLLAND, member
of the Dutch National Advisory Council for MicroFinance and President of the board
of EMN.
SPEAKERS
FOUAD ABDELMOUMNI – DIRECTOR - AL AMANA (MOROCCO)
Fouad Abdelmoumni is Moroccan. He is the founder and current CEO of the
Association Al Amana (www.alamana.org). Al Amana currently serves half a
million microcredit beneficiaries, with a portfolio of € 210 million, through a
network of 430 branches and 2,100 employees. Over the years, he has assumed
responsibilities in various international bodies related to microfinance. He is also
very active in organizations working for the promotion of citizenship. He has
experienced detention for crimes of opinion (3 years in the late 70s) and enforced
disappearance (2 years during the 80s). A graduate of the University Mohammed V in Rabat in
economics, he participated in the management course of ISCAE (Institut Supérieur de Commerce et
d'Administration des Entreprises) in Casablanca (1995-1997). He has published several contributions
as an economical and political analyst and as a microfinance expert.
RICCARDO AGUGLIA – MICROCREDIT MANAGER - FAIR FINANCE (UK)
After his degree in banking, Mr Aguglia worked as a business consultant
supporting Small and Medium Enterprises in South Italy to identify and
access appropriate external finance. From 1998 to 2004 he managed the
project “Honour Loans”, a microcredit scheme targeted at self-employed
people, on behalf of The Italian Development Agency. Since 2004 he has
been working for Fair Finance, where he manages the Microcredit Programme. Fair Finance is a
local, independent, ethical and socially responsible lender offering financial services to excluded
communities in London. There, he has researched social and financial exclusion across Eastern and
Western Europe and studied the US microfinance sector meeting, which allowed him to implement
innovative techniques and methodologies in Fair Finance lending processes. He has also developed
relationships with European Microfinance Network to improve lending processes and set up internal
methodologies in young Microfinance Institutions across Europe.
CHRISTIAN BARON – PROGRAMME MANAGER - GRET (FRANCE)
Christian Baron, is an Economist from the University Paris I and the Conservatoire
National des Arts et Métiers. He has been working on development of rural and
urban SME's in developing countries for more than 20 years. He first worked as an
expatriate adviser on the implementation of a village savings and credit bank
network in Mali. Thereafter, he joined the International Centre of Research and
Development (CIDR), where he was in charge of the "Financial Decentralized
Systems" department. He came to the Gret in 2003 as Program Manager in the "Microfinance and
SME's" department. There, besides the promotion of microfinance activities in Africa and Asia, he has
developed several programmes aiming to facilitate SME access to support, advice and training
services. He is also a Director and Member of the Audit Committee of Amret, a leading Cambodian
MFI since 2005.
FABRIZIO BOTTI – RESEARCHER FELLOW - SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME (ITALY)
Fabrizio Botti is a Temporary Research Fellow at “Sapienza" University of Rome
and was awarded a Ph.D. in History and Theory of Economic Development by
LUISS University of Rome. His main areas of research involve gender
perspectives on microfinance and the role of donors on MFIs capacity to
manage the double bottom line, social and financial mission, with a particular
focus on Italy, the Balkans, and West Africa.
ADRIAN CHINDRIS – DIRECTOR - CAPA (ROMANIA)
Mr Chindris has been working since 1996 with CAPA and served between 2000
and 2004 as Executive Director of CAPA Foundation, a microfinance institution
from the World Vision Network. During his time in office, he managed the
transfer of operations into CAPA Finance – a joint stock company owned by
World Vision International and MEDA. He was responsible for the
commercialisation of CAPA, increasing its assets up to 18 times and finally managed the exit of World
Vision International and MEDA, as main shareholders in transaction with Romanian American
Enterprise Fund. Under his management CAPA Finance has grown to become one of the most
significant non bank microfinance institution of Romania, now planning to become a microfinance
bank. Overall, Mr Chindris has a solid 13-years experience in microfinance, especially in Romania and
Caucasus (Azerbaijan).
DANIELE CIRAVEGNA – PRESIDENT - RITMI (ITALY)
After a Masters in Economics and Management at the Università degli Studi di
Torino, Mr Ciravegna served as a professor of economics at the same university
while working as an Officer for finance, budget, planning and labour policies for
the municipal government of Rivoli near the city of Turin. He then became a
Board member of several financial institutions, such as Fondazione CRT,
FinPiemonte S.p.A. Today, he is the chairman of the Don Operti Foundation as well as of the Board
of Directors and Scientific Committee of the European School of Management of Italy. Finally, he is
the president of the Italian Microfinance Network RITMI.
MARCELLA CORSI – PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS - SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME (ITALY)
Marcella Corsi is Professor of Economics at "Sapienza" University of Rome
(Faculty of Statistics) and member of the Scientific Committee of Fondazione
Risorsa Donna. Her main research topics are human development and social
inclusion (in a gender perspective) and labour economics. She was awarded a
Ph.D. in Economics by University of Manchester (UK) and a degree in
Statistics/Economics by "Sapienza" University of Rome.
EMMANUEL DELUTZEL – HEAD OF GROUP MICROFINANCE - BNP PARIBAS (FRANCE)
Mr. de Lutzel is an Economist from the Institut d´Etudes Politiques in Paris. Since
January 2007, he is in charge of the international microfinance activities of the BNP
Paribas Group. He has 25 years of experience in banking (BNP Paribas,
Commerzbank) and industry (Siemens) in France, Germany, Belgium and Taiwan. He
worked for 3 years as Global Relationship Manager for the International Trade
Department of BNP and has also been in charge of Marketing and Communication of
the International Trade Department of BNP Paribas. Moreover, he has been the
Initiator in 2005 of a network of volunteers within BNP Paribas (JACADIE = J’Accompagne les
Créateurs de l’Adie), to provide advice and support to Adie funded micro entrepreneurs.
SIMONE DI CASTRI – POLICY ANALYST - CGAP AND WORLD BANK (USA)
Simone di Castri is a PhD student in law and economics and assistant professor in Financial Market
Regulation and Banking Law at the University of Bologna. His research topics include financial
gatekeepers, comparative corporate governance, social finance and microfinance regulation. He is a
member of the interdisciplinary research group on microfinance at the University of Bologna and
micro.Bo, an Italian IMF associated with EMN. In 2004 he worked for the banking department of the
international law firm Allen&Overy and in 2006 he was admitted to the Italian Bar Association.
MARIA DOICU – DIRECTOR - EUROM CONSULTING (ROMANIA)
Maria Doiciu has 16 years of management and consulting experience in the area of
business development and microfinance. She works with organizations to
implement projects aimed to create an enabling environment for business
development in Romania, Eastern European and Central Asia countries. Maria
leads research for business development programmes, training initiatives and
performance assessment for small and medium business and microfinance institutions. For the last 5
years Ms. Doiciu held management positions in the Business Development Support Services and
SMEs Access to finance projects funded by EU and Romanian Government and as industrial partner
for Global Finance a regional equity investment fund. Since 2007, Maria is the vice-president of the
European Microfinance Network. Ms. Doiciu holds a Master in engineering degree from the
Polytechnic University of Bucharest and a Master of Business Administration from the Durham
University, United Kingdom.
CRISTINA DUMITRESCU – EUROPEAN FUND FOR SOUTHEAST EUROPE (UK)
Cristina Dumitrescu has been gathering a wide experience of the Romanian Financial sector for the
last 10 years. She developed customer management skills working both with the providers of the
financial services and the end users. After obtaining her MBA degree from Manchester Business
School, she started to work for the European Fund for Southeast Europe, the largest microfinance
investment fund worldwide. In this new position, she managed to double the Romanian Fund
portfolio, in the same time organizing the opening of the business in Bulgaria.
ANGEL FONT – INCLUSION DIRECTOR - OBRA SOCIAL CAIXA CATALUNYA (SPAIN)
Angel Font Vidal has a BA in Chemistry from the University of Barcelona and a
MBA from EADA Business School. Angel Font started his professional career in
environmental engineering, and soon joined Intermón Oxfam where he spent 8
years performing co-ordination functions for projects in Latin America and worked
in communication and fundraising. He also served as Deputy General Director.
Since 2000, he is the Inclusion Director of Fundació Caixa Catalunya, from where
he promotes labour insertion projects for underprivileged groups as well as the
development of microfinance in Spain, Latin America and Africa. He is member of the Co-operation
Council for the Development of the Regional Government of Catalonia as well as Vice-president of
the Board of the European Microfinance Network. He also teaches in several business schools
focusing on subjects related to the management of non-profit organisations.
ANA GOROSTEGUI – PARTNER - TRANSFORMANDO SOCIAL PARTNER (SPAIN)
Ana Gorostegui has a Law degree of the Alcalá de Henares University and a diploma in Business
Management from the CEU Luis Vives of Madrid. Working partner of Transformando since 2004 she
works as a trainer and advisor in business creation for small and micro enterprises. She is also a
micro-credit program coordinator and she is responsible for the process of monitoring the results and
distribution of work load. Finally she is in charge of Human Resources.
PHILIPPE GUICHANDUT – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - EMN (FRANCE)
Philippe Guichandut was appointed EMN Director at the end of February 2004 to
consolidate and develop the network services. A MBA graduate with a third degree
diploma in Urban Social Development, he has 16 years of international experience in
various French NGOs in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of a
wide range of development programmes. He started and developed a microfinance
project and monitored microfinance projects in South East Asia. He gives lectures in Business
Schools and universities and served as treasury officer for two networks of French NGOs.
MALCOLM HAYDAY – DIRECTOR - CHARITY BANK (UK)
Malcolm Hayday, FRSA, is the Chief Executive of the Charity Bank Limited, the UK’s
first general charity to be authorised as a bank. He was previously the Director of
Community Finance at CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) and Director of CAF’s social
investment loan fund, Investors in Society. Mr Hayday has more than 30 years
experience in business finance. He graduated from Exeter University in 1972 with a
BA Hons. in Economics. He then progressively assumed senior positions with City
financial institutions. From 1987 he concentrated on finance for small and medium sized businesses.
He joined CAF in 1993 to establish the loans service for charities. He has written a number of papers
on social economy and social investment.
MARTIN JUNG – CO-DIRECTOR - EVERS & JUNG (GERMANY)
Mr. Jung is a senior expert in SME finance and entrepreneurship. He has 15 years of
research and consulting experience for a wide range of clients (commercial and
development banks, guarantee associations, national and regional authorities, ILO,
EC). His special focus is on the development of new financial support schemes for
SMEs and innovative IT-based business support tools. In 2001 he co-founded
EVERS&JUNG. He is a founder and board member of the German association of startup initiatives (VDG) and was member of 2 expert groups of the European Commission
on microfinance.
ALEXANDER KRITIKOS – GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH (GERMANY)
Alexander Kritikos is Associate Professor of Economics at the European University
Viadrina at Frankfurt/Oder in Gemany and managing director of the "Labor Market
Activation Institute" in Germany since 2004. In 2001 Alexander Kritikos was the first
to develop a pilot project on microfinance in Germany. Besides he is Consultant for
the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and for the Labour Market Agency and led
several projects for the Institute of Labour Market Research. He published several
articles on the analysis of microlending approaches and on entrepreneurship
research in various refereed journals and newspapers. He is also a founder and Board member of the
German Microfinance Institute (DMI - Deutsches Mikrofinanz Institut).
DIEDERICK LAMAN TRIP – CHAIRMAN - COUNCIL OF MICROFINANCE (THE NETHERLANDS)
Diederik Laman Trip (1946) spent most of his career at ING, where he was
successively Chairman of the Postbank, RVS and finally Chairman of the ING
Netherlands Board. After retiring in 2005, he became active in social activities,
as Chairman of the Dutch Advisory Committee on Microcredits in the
Netherlands, the Board of ANWB, Dutch OpenAirMuseum, Burgers Zoo
Arnhem and other Cultural organisations. He also coaches executives.
ANDREA LIMONE – CEO - PERMICRO (ITALY)
Mr Limone studied Economics in Turin and attended the “First Master in
Microfinance” in Milan, organized by the Giordano Dell'Amore Foundation.
He became PerMicro's CEO after previous experiences in the Italian
microfinance sector. Formerly in charge of European projects for Banca
Popolare Etica and branch director for Mag2 Finance, an ethical financial
cooperative, he also worked as researcher for the Giordano Dell'Amore
Foundation, contributing to the publication "Microfinanza in Europa". He also edited publications
about microcredit and banking system: "Banche e Microfinanza" and "Otto modi di dire microcredito".
BRIGITTE MAAS - COORDINATOR - DMI (GERMANY)
Brigitte Maas is a member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsches Mikrofinanz Institut e.V. (German
Association for the Development of Microlending) and Project Manager at GLS Gemeinschaftsbank eG
(German Ethical-Ecological Cooperative Bank / EQUAL DP EXZEPT "Start-up Financing"). Deutsches
Mikrofinanz Institut e.V. ties together organizations from several sectors (f.e. banking, public and
private business support - in particular for self-employment starters, science) for the improvement of
small start-up and growth capital in Germany. Building up existing projects and in cooperation with
business support centres, the DMI started to offer small loans on a bigger scale from autumn 2005.
FABIO MALANCHINI – DIRECTOR - MICROFINANZA (ITALY)
After having graduated with a Masters Degree in Science from the Bocconi University
in Milan, Mr. Malanchini worked for several years in the Department of Economics at
Bocconi University and as a consultant in the field of microfinance. He went on to cofound both Microfinanza, a consulting firm specialized in microfinance and finance
for development, and MicroFinanza Rating, a rating agency specialized in
microfinance, jointly with other specialists in the field. A former Executive Director of
MicroFinanza Rating, Mr. Malanchini is currently the Executive Director of
Microfinanza. He has a long experience as a consultant and as a rater in the
microfinance sector in NIS/CEE countries, Latin America, Africa, MENA countries, Asia and Western
Europe.
FEDERICO MANZONI – PRESIDENT - GIORDANO DELL’AMORE FOUNDATION (ITALY)
Chairman of Fondazione Giordano Dell’Amore and member of Fondazione Cariplo’s
Steering Board, Mr Manzoni graduated in Philosophy at the Catholic University of
Milan and in Economics at the University of Bergamo. After teaching philosophy and
history in secondary schools, he served as manager in several companies, particularly
in the publishing sector. At present he is member of the Supervisory Board of UBI
Banca and contract professor at the University of Bergamo in the course “Banks and
Local Development”.
PIERRE MATHEUS – CREDIT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTION - ADIE (FRANCE)
Mr Matheus graduated from a Masters in local economic development in 1997. He spent seven years
collaborating with institutions supporting business creation in Bordeaux and the Ardèche region. He
joined Adie in 2004, first as credit manager for the city of Lyon and later on as director of the
regional agency in 2007-2008. He is now in charge of the micro-insurance programme of Adie within
its Head Office for Credit Development.
MARIA NOWAK – PRESIDENT - ADIE (FRANCE)
After graduating from the Paris Institute for Political Studies and the London School of
Economics, Mrs. Nowak pursued a career within the French Agency for
Development. On secondment to the World Bank in 1991, she took part in the
development of microlending programmes in Central Europe while at the same time
initiating a similar programme in France: she created Adie (Association pour le Droit à
l'Initiative Economique). From 2000-2002, she was Special Adviser to Laurent Fabius,
Minister of Economy. She is Officier de l’Ordre du Mérite (1994) and de la Légion
d’Honneur (2008) and received various awards in recognition of her involvement in
the promotion of microcredit in Europe. In 2007 she was elected “European of the
Year” by Reader’s Digest.
VITTORIO NOZZA – DIRECTOR - CARITAS ITALY (ITALY)
Mr Nozza was ordained priest in 1973 and after several years as assistant parish
priest in Italy, he started working with the Caritas Italy organization in 1986,
successively being in charge of several dioceses, and various areas of activity:
strategic growth of Diocesan Caritas, education and training. He became the Director
of Caritas Italy in March 2001 and his mandate was renewed in 2006.
MICOL PISTELLI – DIRECTOR OF THE SOCIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS PROGRAMME - MIX (USA)
Micol Pistelli is the Manager of the Social Performance Standards Program at
Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) in Washington DC. Mrs Pistelli earned her
B.A. in Political Science from the University of Bologna in Italy and her M.A. in
International Economics and International Development from SAIS-Johns Hopkins
University in Washington DC. She then started working on international development
in 2003 for the Department of Development Cooperation at the Italian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. She has worked as a microfinance consultant at the Italian Embassy
in Egypt, at Fundacion Paraguaya in Paraguay and at the Microfinance Management
Institute (MFMI) in Washington DC. Her work at MIX consists of collecting, analyzing and
disseminating the social performance data reported by the microfinance institutions (MFIs) on a
number of core social performance indicators.
GIAMPIETRO PIZZO – PRESIDENT - MICROFINANZA (ITALY)
Mr. Giampietro Pizzo is a founding member of Microfinanza srl and has been
serving as its President since 2007. An economist and microfinance expert, he
gained considerable expertise in an international environment over the past
twenty years, working with cooperative organizations, credit unions, rural finance
and microfinance organizations. He has promoted and carried out microcredit
programs and consultancy assignments in Italy and Europe. Between 1987 until
2003 he worked for numerous Development Cooperation Programs in Africa and
Latin America. Between 2003 and 2008 he was the Coordinator of the Technical Unit for
Internationalization at Minister for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Pizzo is a founding member of RITMI, The
Italian Microfinance Network.
ALDO POMPONI – APC CONSULTING (ITALY)
Aldo Pomponi is CEO of APConsulting and currently works as strategic
consultant for small and medium-sized enterprises in Italy and transition
economies countries. He is highly experienced in business and people
management practices, as well as in integrating innovative technologies in
business operations. His 20-year experience was consolidated as entrepreneur
with ISA srl, in the field of international software engineering, and as Director
of Knowledge Management and Operational Efficiency with Genuity, in Paris
and Boston. Mr Pomponi is currently participating in an international project to
create a web-based universal platform that will enable individuals to build and manage their own
business environment, thus eliminating the need for complex structures and reducing their need for
capital to start new businesses.
FAISEL RAHMAN - DIRECTOR - FAIR FINANCE (UK)
Faisel has a background in international development including work at the
Grameen Bank and World Bank where he focused on developing the microfinance
sector. In 2000 he joined The Environment Trust, a Development Trust in East
London, where he developed a peer lending microcredit programme and
established the East End Microcredit Consortium. He also developed the Money
Matters Project, an innovative debt advice project, with three local East London
Housing Associations to help highly indebted tenants. In 2005 he integrated the two projects and
created Fair Finance, a credit-based social enterprise in East London set up to tackle usurious and
unfair lenders preying on the poor. Faisel is a board member of the Debt on Our Doorstep Campaign
and of EMN.
PETER RAMSDEN – EXPERT - COPIE (UK)
Peter Ramsden runs a mission driven micro consultancy called Freiss Ltd
(pronounced Frez) is a leading exponent of “economic inclusion” and
enterprise led renewal at European level. He is a specialist in enterprise for
disadvantaged groups and areas and in particular has focused attention on
the role of micro and social enterprises in local economies. He cocoordinates COPIE the Community of Practice on Inclusive
Entrepreneurship which is led by Germany and Flanders and is a
contributor and architect of HTTP://WIKIPRENEURSHIP.EU the new wikipedia style website for micro and
social entrepreneurship. He has wide ranging experience of advising government, local authority and
non-governmental organisations on regional and local development, funding and related policy
issues. He was formerly a board member of the East Midlands Development Agency.
SILVIA RICO – DIRECTOR - FUNDACIÓN NANTIK LUM
Silvia Rico is Director of Fundación Nantik Lum and Co-director and research
fellow of Foro Nantik Lum de MicroFinanzas (“Foro Nantik Lum of Microfinance”).
She has a Bachelor in Business Administration at the Universidad Pontificia
Comillas (Madrid) and a Masters Degree in International Humanitarian Action at
the Universidad de Deusto (Bilbao). At present Silvia is a PhD candidate in
Business Administration at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas Madrid, having
obtained her Advanced Studies for Research Work Diploma. Her research work is
focused upon financial exclusion and microcredit programmes in Spain. She has also extensive
working experience in entrepreneurship and finance as Subdirector of Corporate Development at
Antena 3 Televisión and Investment Director of Antena 3 Interactiva (Madrid, 2000- 2001), Manager
of the investment bank J. Henry Schroder, (Madrid, 1996-1999), and Assistant consultant for the
consultancy The LEK Partnership (London, 1994-1996). She is also a Board member of the European
Microfinance Network.
JEAN-CLAUDE RODRIGUEZ FERRERA – FOUNDER - COMUNIDADES AUTOFINANCIADAS (SPAIN)
Founder and director of ACAF, an organisation developing the “Self Financed
Communities Model” in Europe, Mr Rodriguez Ferrarra studied World Economy
and has a PhD in Microfinance. He worked 4 years in indigenous communities
in Guatemala, where he founded and directed “Mayan Treasures” (Best
Latinamerican Indigenous Project Award in 2001). The projects he helped
supervise won several awards: he was chosen as social entrepreneur of Ashoka
in 2006, Won the World’s Creative Young Entrepreneur Award, in 2007 as well as the Best Social
Project in Catalonia Award in 2008. He is currently teaching at Universidad Ramon Llull in Barcelona
and in different MBAs and has written a book on “World Economy and Development”.
ANTOINE SAINT-DENIS – DG EMPL EUROPEAN COMMISSION (BELGIUM)
Mr. Saint-Denis represents the European Commission/Directorate General for
Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. He works on the European
Strategy for social protection and social inclusion inside unit E2 (Social Inclusion).
This strategy has been developed by the European Union since 2000 in order to
promote the fight against poverty and social exclusion. Microfinance is part of this
strategy as it represents for people in difficulty a tool to enable their entrepreneurship and maintain a capacity of private investment. Since 2006, DG EMPL is
financially supporting EMN, with the prospect of developing socially-oriented microfinance in the EU.
Mr. SAINT-DENIS is a former student of the ENA and has been a Seconded National Expert at the EC
since 2007, after holding management positions in the French Ministry for Social Affairs.
MARC SCHUBLIN – EIF (LUXEMBOURG)
Since 2005 Marc Schublin is Head of the JEREMIE Programme (Joint European Resources for Micro
to Medium Enterprises), a joint initiative of the European Commission, the European Investment
Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) to improve SMEs’ access to finance in the
framework of European Regions. Mr. Schublin has a long professional experience within the EIB. He
was appointed Senior Loan Officer, Deputy Head of the EIB Brussels Office and Senior Coordination
Officer. From 2000 to 2005, Mr. Schublin worked as Head of Coordination and Advisory Services for
the EIF where he was i.a. in charge of relations with the EC and the EIB, the EIF Business Plan as
well as institutional issues.
JEAN-MICHEL SERVET – PROFESSOR - GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT
STUDIES (SWITZERLAND)
Jean-Michel Servet is professor in the Graduate Institute of International and
Development Studies and collaborates as associate researcher to the French
Institute of Pondicherry (program “Labor, Finance and Social Dynamics”), the
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IEDES Paris 1) and as visiting
research fellow to the Center for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi –
Brussels). His field of expertise focusses primarily on solidarity based economy,
finance inclusion and development and different forms of informal finance.
ELIO SILVA – JOURNALIST - IL SOLE 24 ORE (ITALY)
Elio Silva is a special correspondent and editor in chief at Il Sole 24 Ore, an
economic and financial newspaper issued in Italy. He also manages a weekly page
about non profit economy.
AGATA SZOSTEK – CONSULTANT (POLAND)
Agata Szostek has profound experience in the field of microfinance; she has been working in the
industry since 1994. Her knowledge is based on 6 years of experience as a member of the top
management team of Fundusz Mikro Microfinance Center (Polish MFI) and 10 years of cooperation
with the MFC. Agata's competencies and technical skills are focused on credit and operational risk,
portfolio management, institutional capacity building, product development as well as strategic
planning with the perspective of social performance. Also, her track record includes managing a
sustainable training and consulting Unit at MFC. Today as an independent consultant, she cooperates
closely with the MFC Training and Research Units. She also participates in MFC's Social Performance
Management team.
VERONIKA THIEL – RESEARCHER / PROJECT MANAGER - NEF (UK)
Veronika Thiel is a researcher in the Access to Finance team at the new
economics foundation. She is currently undertaking research in the field of
microfinance, access to credit, community finance, financial exclusion, and
alternative banking models. A particular focus of her current work is the
alignment of UK microfinance with the European microfinance movement, the
potential of technology to aid financial inclusion, and learning from the ‘South’.
Previously, she worked as Campaigns and Media Analyst for the Children’s Society on children
refugees and child incarceration and as research associate for the Local Economy Policy Unit on
local economic regeneration, promotion of SMEs and BME ownership, as well as private sector
contribution to urban renewal. In 2003, she spent 9 months working as operations officer for
microfinance organisation “The Small Enterprise Foundation” in South Africa. She holds a an MSc in
Development Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BA
(Hons) in Geography from the Flinders University of South Australia.
PAULA VECIANA – RESEARCHER - FUNDACIÓ CAIXA CATALUNYA (SPAIN)
Paula Veciana Botet graduated in Economics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona and was
awarded a master’s degree in Development Cooperation by Universitat de Barcelona. From 2008,
she is responsible for the Social Research department of Caixa Catalunya and works as associate
professor of International Economics and Public Sector Economics at Universitat Autònoma de
Barcelona.
MARIA TERESA ZAPPIA – MANAGING DIRECTOR – BLUEORCHARD (SWITZERLAND)
Before joining BlueOrchard, Mrs Zappia worked for the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for over 8 years, first in Uzbekistan and
then in London, moving up from Associate to Principal and finally Senior Banker.
Most recently, she was in the Group for Small Business, which is EBRD's
microfinance team. Prior to this, she was a project economist with the Asian
Development Bank in Manila, a fellow of the Overseas Development Institute in
Swaziland and a trainee at the OECD Development Centre in Paris. She holds a
Master of Philosophy in Development Studies from the University of Sussex (UK),
and a Degree in Economics (BA & MA equivalent) from the University of Florence (Italy). In
BlueOrchard Mrs Zappia manages the team responsible for investments in microfinance institutions
globally.
OTHER SPEAKERS
IULIAN GRIGORE MANOLE – FAIR CREDIT HOUSE (ROMANIA); DJAMCHID ASSADI – GROUPE ESC DIJON
BOURGOGNE (FRANCE); EWA BANKOWSKA – PROGRAMME MANAGER - MFC (POLAND); TIBOR BERES –
PROGRAMME MANAGER - AUTONOMIA FOUNDATION (HUNGARY); DAMIANO CARRARA – CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY MANAGER - UBI BANCA (ITALY); AXEL CAVALIERI – GENERAL SECRETARY - ADIE (FRANCE);
LAURA FOSCHI – DIRECTOR - ETIMOS (ITALY); ANDREW FOX – CREATIVE DIRECTOR - FOX LAND (UK);
ROBERT FRIEDMAN – FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN - CFED (USA); BARBARA JAYO – RESEARCHER - FORO
NANTIK LUM (SPAIN); MARIO MARTELLI – SENIOR ADVISER, SIMPLIFICATION UNIT – PRIME MINISTER’S
OFFICE (ITALY); VLAD MIHUT – DIRECTOR - ROMCOM (ROMANIA); ROBERTO MORO VISCONTI –
PROFESSOR – CATTOLICA UNIVERSITY OF MILAN (ITALY); TONY MYRON – PRINCIPAL BANKER FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES GROUP - EBRD (UK); SARGON NISSAN – RESEARCHER - NEF (UK); BETTINA REUTER –
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF LABOUR (GERMANY); FABIO SALVIATO – PRESIDENT - BANCA ETICA (ITALY); JULIA
SANDOVAL – FIELD MANAGER - BABYLOAN (FRANCE); SABINA SINISCALCHI – SENIOR ADVISOR FONDAZIONE CULTURALE RESPONSABILITÁ ETICA (ITALY); DAVID WILLIAMS – MANAGING DIRECTOR - NEF
(UK)
Participants’ List – By Country
ALBANIA
Fundacion Pro Vivienda Social
Raul ZAVLIA LAGOS
Albanian Savings and Credit Union
Afrim AZUNI
Member of Board of Directors
BELGIUM
Albanian Savings and Credit Union
Elvana CULE
Lawyer
CoopEst
Ralph BOHLKE
Project Manager
Albanian Savings and Credit Union
Behar GJONI
Director of Network Development Department
European Commission
Antoine SAINT-DENIS
DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal
Opportunities
Albanian Savings and Credit Union
Qemal LASHI
Member of Board of Directors
Albanian Savings and Credit Union
Namik ZENELI
Member of Board of Directors
Besa Fund
Robert LUKAJ
Risk Management Director
Besa Fund
Altin MUCA
Marketing Director
Besa Fund
Bajram MUCAJ
Executive Director
First Albanian Finance "FAF" DC
Idriz BYLYKU
Director
First Albanian Finance "FAF" DC
Ilir HOTI
Adviser
First Albanian Finance "FAF" DC
Bajram KORSITA
Administrator
ARGENTINA
Fundacion Pro Vivienda Social
Gabriel LANFRANCHI
Fonds de Participation
Frédéric LERNOUX
CeFiP - KeFiK
Fonds de Participation
Jean-Pierre WATTHY
CeFiP - KeFiK
KfW Bankengruppe
Annette FRITZ
Senior Project Manager
RFA
Bernard BAYOT
Director
RFA
Annika CAYROL
Chargée de Recherche
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Micro First Islamic Foundation
Mohammad HAMAD
Country Director
Microcredit Foundation "Sunrise"
Lana MILAVIC
Specialist for Cooperation with Investors
Prizma
Zeljko DJAKOVIC
Internal Controller
Prizma
Lejla IMAMOVIC
Chief of Legal Affairs
Prizma
Ivona PLANINIC
Finance Manager
Prizma
Aleksandra VANOVAC
Internal Auditor
Prizma
Lejla VITESKIC
Branch Manager
BULGARIA
Mikrofond
Georgi BREKOVSKI
Executive Director
Nachala
Peter ARNAUDOV
Chairman & CEO
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Centro Inter-Americano para la Democracia,
Inc.
Eladio CORDERO
Encargado de Asuntos Exteriores
Centro Inter-Americano para la Democracia,
Inc.
Rutx Esther DEMORIZI PARROT
Secretaria Ejecutiva
Centro Inter-Americano para la Democracia,
Inc.
Ines Maria PINA CALDERON
Vicepresidenta
Fundacion de Ayuda para los Pobres de la
Republica Dominicana, Inc.
Edwin DE LEON TERREO
Director de la Juventud
Fundacion de Ayuda para los Pobres de la
Republica Dominicana, Inc.
Niurka OLEO TERRERO
Encargada de Desarrollo Social de la Mujer
UNDP Jobs Project
Kostadin MUNEV
Financial Leasing Manager
Fundacion de Ayuda para los Pobres de la
Republica Dominicana, Inc.
Reynaldo SANCHEZ
President
CAMEROUN
Fundacion de Ayuda para los Pobres de la
Republica Dominicana, Inc.
Martin TERRERO NATERA
Secretario Ejecutivo
Femmes en action contre la pauvreté
Hélène BINYA TEMBA DOUDOU
Femmes en action contre la pauvreté
Sheryll YANCHUI TUMENTA
Fundacion de Jovenes por la Democracia, Inc.
Mayco CEDENO VIZCAINO
Encargado de la Juventud
CROATIA
Fundacion de Jovenes por la Democracia, Inc.
Jeanette Rocio PINA GUERRA
Directora Internacional
DEMOS
Josip BORZIC
Executive Director
Fundacion de Jovenes por la Democracia, Inc.
Jose Manuel SOTO VOLQUEZ
Encargado de Programas Tecnicos
Fundacion Inter-Americana de Combate a la
Pobreza, Inc.
Belkis ALCANTARA FERNANDEZ
Vicepresidenta
Fundacion Inter-Americana de Combate a la
Pobreza, Inc.
Melida Rosanna DIAZ SEGURA
Encargada Programa Ongs.
Fundacion Inter-Americana de Combate a la
Pobreza, Inc.
Carlos Manuel MESA
Presidente
Fundacion Inter-Americana de Combate a la
Pobreza, Inc.
Martire PEREZ VIZCAINO
Directora de Desarrollo y Democracia
ECUADOR
Cooperativa Jardin Azuayo
Ernán RODAS MARTINEZ
Cooperativa Jardin Azuayo
Juan Carlos URGILES
EL SALVADOR
Apoyo Integral
Silvia DE MELENDEZ
Housing Chief
Apoyo Integral
Carlos VITERI
General Manager
Apoyo Integral
Imelda ZALDIVAR
Financial Manager
FINLAND
Finnvera plc
Sirkka-Liisa KOVETTU
Development Manager
FRANCE
Adie
Axel CAVALERI
General Secretary
Adie
Geoffroy LEFORT
Adie
Pierre MATHEUS
Credit Development Director
Adie
Maria NOWAK
President
Babyloan
Margaux GOUTE
Responsable Evènementiel
BNP Paribas
Emmanuel DE LUTZEL
Resp Microfinance
CREA SOL
Daniel BOCCARDI
Président
CREA SOL
Frédéric NGUYEN
Directeur Général
Crédit Coopératif
Priscilla CARPENTER
Investment Officer
Crédit Coopératif
Cyrille LANGENDORFF
Chef de Projet
Crédit Coopératif
Yael ZLOTOWSKI
Financial Operation
European Microfinance Network
Cesarea BRISBOIS
European Microfinance Network
Maria FRANCO
Networ Relations and communication Manager
European Microfinance Network
Philippe GUICHANDUT
Director
European Microfinance Network
Stefanie LAEMMERMANN
Junior Programme Manager
European Microfinance Network
Keith LUCKCUCK
European Microfinance Network
Manuel MOYART
Consultant
Johann Daniel Lawaetz-Stiftung
Jens FAHSEL
Consultant & Practitioner
European Microfinance Network
Constance THEISEN
Communication Assistant
KfW Bankengruppe
Birgit BRUCK
Senior Fund manager
FNCE
Ségolène EDE
Directeur des Relations Internationales
Mikrofinanzfonds Deutschland
Falk ZIENTZ
Gret
Christian BARON
Program Manager
HUNGARY
Groupe ESC Dijon Bourgogne
Djamchid ASSADI
Professor
Planet Rating
Otto WORMGOOR
Operations Manager
Babyloan
Julia SANDOVAL
Chargée des partenariats
GERMANY
DIW & GfA
Alexander KRITIKOS
Head of Deptartment
DMI - Deutsches Mikrofinanz Institut e.V.
Bernd CURTIUS
General Manager
Autonomia Foundation
Tibor BERES
Programme officer
European Parliament
Zlsolt Laslo BECSEY
MEP
FEA
Nándor BENCZUR
Advisory
FEA
Eva FARAGO
FEA
Tibor SZEKFU
Managing Director
Hungarian Enterprise Development Network
Consortium Ltd.
Miklós KOKAI
Manager
DMI - Deutsches Mikrofinanz Institut e.V.
Brigitte MAAS
Open Society Institute
Soros Economic Development Fund
David MEIER
DMI - Deutsches Mikrofinanz Institut e.V.
Bettina REUTER
ITALY
EVERS&JUNG
Martin JUNG
General Manager
A.T.A.S. Onlus
Emiliano BERTOLDI
General Coordinator
EVERS&JUNG
Michael UNTERBERG
Consultant
A.T.A.S. Onlus
Francesco COLATO
President
GTZ
Marietta FEDDERSEN
ABI - Associazione Bancaria Italiana
Chiara PROVASOLI
Csr Office
Fondazione Giordano Dell'Amore
Mauro GRECHI
Administrative
APC Consulting
Aldo POMPONI
Fondazione Giordano Dell'Amore
Federico MANZONI
President
Banca Popolare Etica
Adriano PALLARO
BNL BNP Paribas
Andrea VELTRI
Head of Consumer and Business Lending
Consorzio Etimos sc
Laura FOSCHI
Director
Consorzio Etimos sc
Francesca LO RE
Microfinance Institutions Coordinator
Fondazione Giordano Dell'Amore
Valentina MORRETTA
Project Assistant
Fondazione Giordano Dell'Amore
Maria Cristina NEGRO
Secretary General
Fondazione Giordano Dell'Amore
Paolo VITALI
Fondazione Risorsa Donna
Paola BARBIERI
President
Dip. Scienze Economiche - University of Pisa
Maria Laura RUIZ
Professore Associato
Fondazione Risorsa Donna
Maria Claudia CONSTANTINI
Fondazione CARIPLO
Francesco PIEROTTI
Fondazione Risorsa Donna
Daniela FIORENTINO
Fondazione CARIPLO
Paolo PROSERPIO
Fondazione Risorsa Donna
Andrea NARDONE
General Secretary
Fondazione CARIPLO
Pier Mario VELLO
Fondazione Culturale Responsabilità Etica
Sabina SINISCALCHI
Senior Advisor
Fondazione Don Mario Operti ONLUS
Franco ALUNNO
Fondazione Don Mario Operti ONLUS
Giancarlo COLOMBO
Forum per la Finanza Sostenibile
Marianna BENATTI
Programme Officer
ISPI - Fondazione Giordano Dell'Amore
Paolo MAGRI
Mag Roma
Bruno CASSOLA
Board member
Fondazione Don Mario Operti ONLUS
Susanna PICCIONI
MAG Verona
Loredana ALDEGHERI
Direttrice
Fondazione Giordano Dell'Amore
Francesca AGNELLO
Microfinance Consultant
MAG Verona
Cristina BRANDIMARTE
Volontaria
Fondazione Giordano Dell'Amore
Amedeo FONTANA
Student
Micro Progress ONLUS
David BERNO
Coordinator
micro.Bo ONLUS
Flavia CHERUBINI
Loan Officer
Sapienza University of Rome
Marcella CORSI
Prof. of economics
micro.Bo ONLUS
Barbara DE BLASI
Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari S.Anna
Università di Pisa
Barbara BINI
Student
micro.Bo ONLUS
Marcella ROBERTI
Microfinanza srl
Fabio MALANCHINI
Director
Microfinanza srl
Giampietro PIZZO
President
MicroRate Africa & Eastern Europe
Eleonora MALAGOLI
Oltreventure
Agnese BRUNI
PerMicro
Monica BERTOLA
Responsabile Prodotto
PerMicro
Corrado FERRETTI
President
PerMicro
Andrea LIMONE
Amministratore Delegato
SEFEA SC
Marianna CALABRO
Director
UBI Banca
Damiano CARRARA
Responsable Staff Corporate Social Responsability
Università di Bologna
Tatjana CINQUINO
Student
Università di Torino - PerMicro
Isabella BRIANZA
Student
University of Bologna - micro.Bo
Anita MARCHESINI
Student
University of Pavia
Ambra ANTONIOTTI
Student
University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Marina DE ANGELIS
PhD Student
PerMicro
Elena SOLAROLI
Fund Raising Assistant
Valentina BRAMANTI
Student
PlaNet Finance Italia
Faïza ERRAIS BORGES
Francesca MAZZIERI
Student
Provincia di Bologna
Chiara POZZI
Istruttore Tecnico Direttivo
Fulvia MENTIL
Consultant
RITMI
Daniele CIRAVEGNA
President
Sapienza University of Rome
Fabrizio BOTTI
Research Fellow
Eleonora MONTANARI
Student
Giulia PORINO
Student
Elena VASCOTTO
Student
JORDAN
NORWAY
Tamweelcom
Hasan Jamil MOHAMMAD
Network Credit Norway
Patience ALLEN
Executive Director
Tamweelcom
Zayad Helmi TAWFIQ AL REFAI
Network Credit Norway
Unni Beate SEKKESAETER
Director
KENYA
K-Rep Fedha Services Limited
Risper KAVULA NGUNGI
Regional Manager - Kitui
PERU
EDPYME
Maria Teresa Milagros FUENTES
K-Rep Fedha Services Limited
Emma KIMANI WANJIKU
Chief Executive Officer
EDPYME
Máximo RODRIGUEZ
K-Rep Fedha Services Limited
Agnes MUENI MANTHI
Promujer
Karina NUNEZ AROAPAZA
LUXEMBOURG
POLAND
European Investment Fund
Cyril GOUIFFES
JASMINE project Coordinator
Microfinance Centre (MFC)
Ewa BANKOWSKA
SPM Program Manager
European Investment Fund
Marc SCHUBLIN
Microfinance Centre (MFC)
Grzegorz GALUSEK
Executive Director
MACEDONIA
Horizonti
Vasil DAVALIEV
Executive Director
MOROCCO
Al Amana
Fouad ABDELMOUMNI
Director
AMSSF/MC
Mohamed Essaid BENJELLOUN TOUIMI
Financial Adviser
AMSSF/MC
Khaddouj GHARBI
President
PORTUGAL
ANDC
Mohamed AHMED
Président
ANDC
Rui GONCALVES
Membre du Board
BCP
Helena MENA
Central Director
REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
Armenian ECLOF Foundation
Tigran HOVHANNISYAN
Managing Director & CEO
Trade center Suren Setrakyan SOLE
Gevorg KHACHATRYAN
Manager & Co-owner
ROMANIA
C.A.R. Automobile Dacia
Ion DUMBRAVA
President
C.A.R. Automobile Dacia
Radu MOCAITA
Director
C.A.R. Decebal Deva
Paul Florin PETREANU
President
C.A.R. Municipal Piatra Neamt
Roxana BACIU
Director
C.A.R. Municipal Piatra Neamt
Victor BACIU
Inspector
C.A.R. Paringul Petrosani
Dumitru RASCOLEAN
President
C.A.R. Petrila
Gheorghe BOBAR
President
C.A.R. R.A.T.B.
Elena ENE
Vice-President
C.A.R. RATB
Laurentiu HARABOR
Director
C.A.R. Romsilva Deva
Ioan HOZAN
Director
C.A.R. Sanatatea Deva
Elisabeta MAGURAN
Director
C.A.R. Vilmar
Eugenia AVRAM
Director
CAPA Finance
Adrian CHINDRIS
CEO
Eurom Consultancy and Studies SRL
Maria DOICIU
Senior Consultant
European Fund for Southeast Europe
Cristina DUMITRESCU
Customer Relationship Officer (Romania&Bulgaria)
FAER IFN SA
Carmen EFTENE
Financial Manager
FAER IFN SA
Ioan VLASA
General Manager
FAIR Credit House
Iulian Grigore MANOLE
Director General
ROMCOM
Vlad MIHUT
CEO
S.C. Aurora S.A.
Mircea Ionel CAPOTESCU
Deputy General Director
U.J.C.A.R. Hunedoara
Calin RASCOLEAN
Inspector
U.T.J.C.A.R. Valcea
Lidia DODUL
Director
UNCAR
Stelian MINOIU
Director
SPAIN
CAF
Jean Claude RODRIGUEZ FERRERA
Founder & Director
NEEM
Maria NILSSON
Accountant
NEEM
Irina ÖRNBERG
Françoise Clementi Microfinance Consultancy
Françoise CLEMENTI
Director
SWITZERLAND
Françoise Clementi Microfinance Consultancy
Nuria HIGES CARBAJO
Junior Consultant/Journalist
BlueOrchard Finance SA
Jean-Pierre KLUMPP
CEO
Fundación Nantik Lum
Barbara JAYO
Research Director
BlueOrchard Finance SA
Maria Teresa ZAPPIA
Director Investment Analysis
Fundación Nantik Lum
Silvia RICO
Director
IHEID
Jean-Michel SERVET
Professor
Fundación Nantik Lum
Patricia RODRIGUEZ PULIDO
Assistant
MainStreet Partners
Rodolfo FRACASSI
Director
Fundación Nantik Lum
Alex STEIN
Research Assistance
Microcrédit Solidaire Suisse - Fondation
Georges Aegler pour la création
d\'entreprises
Yvette JAGGI
President
Transformando S.Coop.Mad
Ana GOROSTEGUI
Partner
Universidad de Sevilla
Ana Isabel IRIMIA DIEGUEZ
Profesora
WWB
Ana BARRERA
Responsable Programas Financiacion
SWEDEN
NEEM
Joyce KIMWAGA-LUNDIN
Director
NEEM
Vilma MORI
Project leader
Microcrédit Solidaire Suisse - Fondation
Georges Aegler pour la création
d\'entreprises
Andréa LEHMANN-BEYTRISON
Directrice
THE NETHERLANDS
Advisory Council Netherlands
Diederik LAMAN TRIP
Chairman
INHolland Centre for microfinance and small
business development
André WOUDENBERG
Researcher and Professor
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Catharina Elisabeth HOOGENDIJK
Senior Policy Adviser
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Annet M JONK
Director Microfinance
Goole Development Trust
Stacey MELLISH
Finance Manager
Triodos Facet
Adriaan LOEFF
Managing Dirctor
nef
Sargon NISSAN
Triodos Facet
Klaas MOLENAAR
General Director
nef
Veronika THIEL
Researcher/Project Manager
nef Consulting
David WILLIAMS
TURKEY
Provincial Governorate
Mehmet Niyazi TANILIR
Governor
The Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust
Martin FERRY
Head of Development
Agata SZOSTEK
Consultant
UNITED KINGDOM
Business Finance Solutions
John CANNON
Loans Manager
Charity Banks
Malcolm HAYDAY
Chief Executive
EBRD
Tony MYRON
Principal Banker for Group for Small Businesses
Fair Finance
Riccardo AGUGLIA
Microcredit Manager
Fair Finance
Nathanaelle AMAR
Microcredit Assistant
Financial Services Authority
Michael COOK
Technical Specialist
Financial Services Authority
Ramona TAYLOR
Senior Associate
Freiss ltd and COPIE
Peter RAMSDEN
Director
UNITED STATES
CFED
Robert FRIEDMAN
General Counsel
CGAP / Worls Bank Group
Simone DI CASTRI
Policy Analyst
MIX
Micol PIESTELLI
Manager of the Social Performance Standards
Programme
Participants’ List – Alphabetically
A-B
Fouad ABDELMOUMNI
Al Amana
Director
Morocco
E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
Francesca AGNELLO
Fondazione Giordano Dell'Amore
Microfinance Consultant
Via Monte di Pieta, 12
20121 Milan - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Riccardo AGUGLIA
Fair Finance
Microcredit Manager
47 Ben Jonson Road
E1 4SA London - UK
Tel: 00 44 207 254 1976
E-mail: [email protected]
Mohamed AHMED
ANDC
Président
Praça José Fontana, 4 - 4º andar
1050-129 Lisbon - Portugal
Tel: 00 351 21 315 62 00
E-mail: [email protected]
Belkis ALCANTARA FERNANDEZ
Fundacion Inter-Americana de Combate a la
Pobreza, Inc.
Vicepresidenta
Calle Las Carreras No. 8
10404 San Cristobal - Dominican Republic
Tel: 00 809 341 1574
E-mail: [email protected]
Loredana ALDEGHERI
MAG Verona
Director
Via A. Berardi, 9/A
37100 Verona - Italy
Tel: 00 39 045 810 0279
E-mail: [email protected]
Patience ALLEN
Network Credit Norway
Executive Director
c/o SEMCO AS - Vollsveien 9
1366 Lysaker - Norway
E-mail: [email protected]
Franco ALUNNO
Fondazione Don Mario Operti ONLUS
Via Carlo Alberto, 41
10123 Torino - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Nathanaelle AMAR
Fair Finance
Microcredit Assistant
47 Ben Jonson Road Stepney
E14RS London - UK
E-mail: [email protected]
Ambra ANTONIOTTI
University of Pavia
Via A.Guidi 23
27100 Pavia - Italy
Tel: 00 39 328 278 4357
E-mail: [email protected]
Peter ARNAUDOV
Nachala
Chairman & CEO
11, Kokiche str.
1164 Sofia - Bulgaria
Tel: 00 359 888 23 61 61
E-mail: [email protected]
Djamchid ASSADI
Groupe ESC Dijon Bourgogne
Professor
29, rue Sambin - BP 50608
21006 Dijon - France
Tel: 00 33 (0)3 80 72 59 68
E-mail: [email protected]
Eugenia AVRAM
C.A.R. Vilmar
Director
Ramnicu Valcea - Romania
E-mail: [email protected]
Afrim AZUNI
Albanian Savings and Credit Union
Member of Board of Directors
Zayed Business Center
Rr: "Sulejman Delvina" Tirana e Re
355 Tirana - Albania
Tel: 00355 42 251910
E-mail: [email protected]
Roxana BACIU
C.A.R. Municipal Piatra Neamt
Director
Piatra Neamt - Romania
E-mail: [email protected]
Victor BACIU
C.A.R. Municipal Piatra Neamt
Inspector
Piatra Neamt - Romania
E-mail: [email protected]
Ewa BANKOWSKA
Microfinance Centre (MFC)
SPM Program Manager
Koszykowa 60/62 m 52
00-673 Warsaw - Poland
E-mail: [email protected]
Paola BARBIERI
Fondazione Risorsa Donna
President
Via di S. Balbina, 6
00153 Roma - Italy
Christian BARON
Gret
Program Manager
Campus du Jardin Tropical
45 bis avenue de la Belle Gabrielle
94736 Nogent sur Marne - France
E-mail: [email protected]
Ana BARRERA
WWB
Responsable Programas Financiacion
C/ Villanueva, 31 - 1º Dcha
28001 Madrid - Spain
Tel: 00 34 91 465 47 03
E-mail: [email protected]
Bernard BAYOT
RFA
Director
303 Chaussée d'Alsemberg
1190 Forest - Belgium
Tel: 00 32 2 340 0861
E-mail: [email protected]
Zlsolt Laslo BECSEY
European Parliament
MEP
Tárkony u. 31.
1028 Budapest - Hungary
Tel: 00 36 30 229 4333
E-mail: [email protected]
Marianna BENATTI
Forum per la Finanza Sostenibile
Programme Officer
Via f. d'ovidio 3
20131 Milan - Italy
Tel: 00 39 02 365 181 19
E-mail: [email protected]
Nándor BENCZUR
FEA
Advisory
Budai ut 9-11
H-8000 Székesfehérvár - Hungary
Tel: 00 36 20 66 56 260
E-mail: [email protected]
Mohamed Essaid BENJELLOUN TOUIMI
AMSSF/MC
Financial Adviser
1 Rue Abi Dar Ell Ghouffari
Quartier Prince Héritier - 1er étage
30000 Fez - Morocco
Tel: 00 212 53 573 00 24
E-mail: [email protected]
Tibor BERES
Autonomia Foundation
Programme officer
Pozsonyi ut 14.
1137 Budapest - Hungary
E-mail: [email protected]
David BERNO
Micro Progress ONLUS
Coordinator
Via Primo Acciaresi, 17
00157 Rome - Italy
Tel: 00 39 06 417 938 69
E-mail: [email protected]
Monica BERTOLA
PerMicro
Responsabile Prodotto
Corso Massimo d'Azeglio 74
10126 Torino - Italy
Tel: 00 39 011 658 778
E-mail: [email protected]
Josip BORZIC
DEMOS
Executive Director
Trg J.Broza 4
47000 Karlovac - Croatia
Tel: 00 385 47 615 827
E-mail: [email protected]
Emiliano BERTOLDI
A.T.A.S. Onlus
General Coordinator
via Madruzzo, 21
38122 Trento - Italy
Tel: 00 39 0461 266 490
E-mail: [email protected]
Fabrizio BOTTI
Sapienza University of Rome
Research Fellow
SEAD, Via Cesalpino 12
161 Roma - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Barbara BINI
Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari S.Anna
Università di Pisa
Via Bracco 1
57127 Livorno - Italy
Tel: 00 39 388 474 1453
E-mail: [email protected]
Hélène BINYA TEMBA DOUDOU
Femmes en action contre la pauvreté
BP 1786
Douala - Cameroun
Tel: 00 237 755 77 70
E-mail: [email protected]
Gheorghe BOBAR
C.A.R. Petrila
President
Petrila - Romania
E-mail: [email protected]
Daniel BOCCARDI
CREA SOL
Président
91 rue Paradis
13006 Marseille - France
Tel: 00 33 (0)4 91 53 29 77
E-mail: [email protected]
Ralph BOHLKE
CoopEst
Project Manager
Avenue Jules César 2, - Bte 7
1150 Brussels - Belgium
E-mail: [email protected]
Valentina BRAMANTI
Via Vela 9
21100 Varese - Italy
Tel: 00 39 340 612 6698
E-mail: [email protected]
Cristina BRANDIMARTE
MAG Verona
Volontaria
Via A. Berardi, 9/A
37100 Verona - Italy
Tel: 00 39 045 810 0280
E-mail: [email protected]
Georgi BREKOVSKI
Mikrofond
Executive Director
118-120 Kiril i Metodii str, ap.2.2
1202 Sofia - Bulgaria
E-mail: [email protected]
Isabella BRIANZA
Università di Torino - PerMicro
C.so Lepanto, 8
10134 Torino - Italy
Tel: 00 39 347 580 3768
E-mail: [email protected]
Cesarea BRISBOIS
European Microfinance Network
103 Rue de Vaugirard
75006 Paris - France
Birgit BRUCK
KfW Bankengruppe
Senior Fund manager
Ludwig-Erhard-Platz 1
53179 Bonn - Germany
Tel: 00 49 228 831-7079
E-mail: [email protected]
Agnese BRUNI
Oltreventure
Corso Massimo d'Azeglio 74
10126 Torino - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Idriz BYLYKU
First Albanian Finance "FAF" DC
Director
Rruga: "Dervish Hima" Nr. 4
Tirana - Albania
E-mail: [email protected]
Bruno CASSOLA
Mag Roma
Board member
Via Macerata, 8C
100 Rome - Italy
Tel: 00 39 3473699293
E-mail: [email protected]
C-D
Axel CAVALERI
Adie
General Secretary
4 Bd Poissonnière
75009 Paris - France
Tel: 00 33 (0)1 56 03 59 00
E-mail: [email protected]
Marianna CALABRO
SEFEA SC
Director
Via Tommaseo 7
35131 Padova - Italy
Tel: 00 39 04 987 711 76
E-mail: [email protected]
Annika CAYROL
RFA
Chargée de Recherche
303 Chaussée d'Alsemberg
1190 Forest - Belgium
Tel: 00 32 2 340 0869
E-mail: [email protected]
John CANNON
Business Finance Solutions
Loans Manager
Lee House - 90 Great Bridgewater Street
M1 5JW Manchester - UK
E-mail: [email protected]
Mayco CEDENO VIZCAINO
Fundacion de Jovenes por la Democracia, Inc.
Encargado de la Juventud
Calle Central No. 20 - Ensanche Espaillat
10404 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional
Dominican Republic
Tel: 00 809 687 1207
E-mail: [email protected]
Mircea Ionel CAPOTESCU
S.C. Aurora S.A.
Deputy General Director
Deva - Romania
E-mail: [email protected]
Priscilla CARPENTER
Crédit Coopératif
Investment Officer
33 rue des Trois Fontanot
92002 Nanterre - France
Tel: 00 33 (0)1 47 24 86 17
E-mail: [email protected]
Damiano CARRARA
UBI Banca
Responsable Staff Corporate Social Responsability
Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Flavia CHERUBINI
micro.Bo ONLUS
Loan Officer
Via Pellizza da Volpedo 6
40137 Bologna - Italy
Tel: 00 39 051 086 85 31
E-mail: [email protected]
Adrian CHINDRIS
CAPA Finance
CEO
Bd. Aviatorilor no 33, Sector1
Bucharest - Romania
E-mail: [email protected]
Tatjana CINQUINO
Università di Bologna
G. Matteotti, 151
61038 Orciano di Pesaro - Italy
Tel: 00 39 320 076 7486
E-mail: [email protected]
Daniele CIRAVEGNA
RITMI
President
Via Carlo Alberto, 41
10123 Torino - Italy
Tel: 00 39 011 812 49 71
E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
Françoise CLEMENTI
Françoise Clementi Microfinance Consultancy
Director
Avenida de América nº2 Edif. Colombia 7ºB
18006 Granada - Spain
Tel: 00 34 622 890 825
E-mail: [email protected]
Francesco COLATO
A.T.A.S. Onlus
President
via Madruzzo, 21
38122 Trento - Italy
Tel: 00 39 0461 233 330
E-mail: [email protected]
Giancarlo COLOMBO
Fondazione Don Mario Operti ONLUS
Via Carlo Alberto, 41
10123 Torino - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Maria Claudia CONSTANTINI
Fondazione Risorsa Donna
Via di S. Balbina, 6
00153 Roma - Italy
Michael COOK
Financial Services Authority
Technical Specialist
25 The North Colonnade - Canary Wharf
E14 5HS London - UK
Tel: 00 44 20 706 691 52
E-mail: [email protected]
Eladio CORDERO
Centro Inter-Americano para la Democracia, Inc.
Encargado de Asuntos Exteriores
C/ las Carreras n° 8 - Suite 6 - Ciudad Nueva
10404 Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Tel: 00 829 733 2686
E-mail: [email protected]
Marcella CORSI
Sapienza University of Rome
Prof. of economics
SEAD, Via Cesalpino 12
161 Roma - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Elvana CULE
Albanian Savings and Credit Union
Lawyer
Zayed Business Center
Rr: "Sulejman Delvina" Tirana e Re
355 Tirana - Albania
Tel: 00355 42 251910
E-mail: [email protected]
Bernd CURTIUS
DMI - Deutsches Mikrofinanz Institut e.V.
General Manager
Hermann-Steinhauser Strasse 43-47
63065 Offenbach - Germany
E-mail: [email protected]
Vasil DAVALIEV
Horizonti
Executive Director
Rampo Levkata 14
1000 Skopje - Macedonia
Tel: 00 389 2 3093371
E-mail: [email protected]
Marina DE ANGELIS
University of Rome "La Sapienza"
PhD Student
Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5
185 Rome - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Barbara DE BLASI
micro.Bo ONLUS
Via Pellizza da Volpedo 6
40137 Bologna - Italy
Tel: 00 39 051 086 8531
E-mail: [email protected]
Edwin DE LEON TERREO
Fundacion de Ayuda para los Pobres de la Republica
Dominicana, Inc.
Director de la Juventud
Calle 27 A - n°33 - Ensanche Espaillat
10404 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional
Dominican Republic
Tel: 00 809 981 4220
E-mail: [email protected]
Emmanuel DE LUTZEL
BNP Paribas
Resp Microfinance
33 rue du Quatre Septembre
75002 Paris - France
Tel: 00 33 (0)1 43 16 81 39
E-mail: [email protected]
Silvia DE MELENDEZ
Apoyo Integral
Housing Chief
Alameda Roosevelt y 47 Av. Sur
(Colonia Flor Blanca)
San Salvador - El Salvador
Tel: 00 503 22 506 045
E-mail: [email protected]
Rutx Esther DEMORIZI PARROT
Centro Inter-Americano para la Democracia, Inc.
Secretaria Ejecutiva
C/ las Carreras n° 8 - Suite 6 - Ciudad Nueva
10404 Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Tel: 00 829 733 2686
E-mail: [email protected]
Simone DI CASTRI
CGAP/World Bank Group
Policy Analyst
MSN P3-300 / 1818 H St., NW
Washington DC - USA
Tel: 00 1 202 458 2412
E-mail: [email protected]
Melida Rosanna DIAZ SEGURA
Fundacion Inter-Americana de Combate a la
Pobreza, Inc.
Encargada Programa Ongs.
Calle Las Carreras No. 8
10404 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional
Dominican Republic
Tel: 00 829 733 2686
E-mail: [email protected]
Zeljko DJAKOVIC
Prizma
Internal Controller
Bistrik medresa 43
71000 Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: 00 387 33 573 320
E-mail: [email protected]
Lidia DODUL
U.T.J.C.A.R. Valcea
Director
Ramnicu Valcea - Romania
E-mail: [email protected]
Maria DOICIU
Eurom Consultancy and Studies SRL
Senior Consultant
Prel. Ghencea 95E, Sector 6
7000 Bucharest - Romania
Tel: 00 40 75 402 22 50
E-mail: [email protected]
Ion DUMBRAVA
C.A.R. Automobile Dacia
President
Pitesti - Romania
E-mail: [email protected]
Cristina DUMITRESCU
European Fund for Southeast Europe
Customer Relationship Officer (Romania&Bulgaria)
20, Povernei Str - 3rd floor - Sector 2
Bucharest - Romania
Tel: 00 40 21 312 26 53
E-mail: [email protected]
E-F
Ségolène EDE
FNCE
Directeur des Relations Internationales
5 rue Masseran
75007 Paris - France
Tel: 00 33 (0)1 44 38 50 48
E-mail: [email protected]
Carmen EFTENE
FAER IFN SA
Financial Manager
str Apelor , nr. 5
Reghin - Romania
Tel: 00 40 265 511 393
E-mail: [email protected]
Elena ENE
C.A.R. R.A.T.B.
Vice-President
Bucharest - Romania
E-mail: [email protected]
Faïza ERRAIS BORGES
PlaNet Finance Italia
Via Vincenzo Foppa 50 A
20144 Milan - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Jens FAHSEL
Johann Daniel Lawaetz-Stiftung
Consultant & Practitioner
Neumühlen 16 - 20
D-22763 Hamburg - Germany
E-mail: [email protected]
Eva FARAGO
FEA
Budai ut 9-11
H-8000 Székesfehérvár - Hungary
Tel: 00 36 20 66 56 260
E-mail: [email protected]
Marietta FEDDERSEN
GTZ
Dag-Hamarskjöld-Weg 1-5 - Postfach 5180
65760 Eschborn - Germany
Tel: 00 49 6196 79 1372
E-mail: [email protected]
Corrado FERRETTI
PerMicro
President
Corso Massimo d'Azeglio 74
10126 Torino - Italy
Tel: 00 39 011 658 778
E-mail: [email protected]
Martin FERRY
The Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust
Head of Development
15 Exchange Place
G1 3AN Glasgow - UK
Tel: 00 44 (0)141 248 4999
E-mail: [email protected]
Daniela FIORENTINO
Fondazione Risorsa Donna
Via di S. Balbina, 6
00153 Roma - Italy
Amedeo FONTANA
Fondazione Giordano Dell'Amore
Student
Via Monte di Pieta, 12
20121 Milan - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Laura FOSCHI
Consorzio Etimos sc
Director
Via G.De' Menabuoi, 25
35132 Padova - Italy
Tel: 00 39 04 987 551 16
E-mail: [email protected]
Rodolfo FRACASSI
MainStreet Partners
Director
via Pioda 5,
6901 Lugano - Switzerland
E-mail: [email protected]
Maria FRANCO
European Microfinance Network
103 Rue de Vaugirard
75006 Paris - France
E-mail: [email protected]
Robert FRIEDMAN
CFED
General Counsel
1200 G Street NW Suite 400
20005 Washington DC - USA
Tel: 00 1 202 408 9788
E-mail: [email protected]
Annette FRITZ
KfW Bankengruppe
Senior Project Manager
Square de Meeûs 37
1000 Brussels - Belgium
Tel: 0032 2 2333861
E-mail: [email protected]
Maria Teresa Milagros FUENTES
EDPYME
Av. Centenario 356
San Carlos - Huancayo - Peru
Tel: 00 51 64 217 000
E-mail: [email protected]
G-H
Grzegorz GALUSEK
Microfinance Centre (MFC)
Executive Director
ul. Koszykowa 60/62 m 52
00-673 Warszawa - Poland
Tel: 00 48 22 622 3465
E-mail: [email protected]
Khaddouj GHARBI
AMSSF/MC
President
1 Rue Abi Dar Ell Ghouffari
Quartier Prince Héritier - 1er étage
30000 Fez - Morocco
Tel: 00 212 53 573 00 24
E-mail: [email protected]
Behar GJONI
Albanian Savings and Credit Union
Director of Network Development Department
Zayed Business Center
Rr: "Sulejman Delvina" Tirana e Re
355 Tirana - Albania
Tel: 00355 42 251910
E-mail: [email protected]
Rui GONCALVES
ANDC
Membre du Board
Praça José Fontana, 4 - 4º andar
1050-129 Lisbon - Portugal
Tel: 00 351 21 315 62 00
E-mail: [email protected]
Ana GOROSTEGUI
Transformando S.Coop.Mad
Partner
C/ Silva, 2. 3º-3ª
28013 Madrid - Spain
Tel: 00 34 91 542 61 01
E-mail: [email protected]
Cyril GOUIFFES
European Investment Fund
JASMINE project Coordinator
96 bd. Konrad Adenauer
L-2968 Luxembourg - Luxembourg
Tel: 00 352 42 66 88 297
E-mail: [email protected]
Margaux GOUTE
Babyloan
Responsable évènementiel
153 boulevard Haussmann
75008 Paris - France
E-mail: [email protected]
Mauro GRECHI
Fondazione Giordano Dell'Amore
Administrative
Via Monte di Pieta, 12
20121 Milan - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Philippe GUICHANDUT
European Microfinance Network
103 Rue de Vaugirard
75006 Paris – France
Tel : 00 33 (0)1 42 22 01 19
E-mail: [email protected]
Mohammad HAMAD
Micro First Islamic Foundation
Country Director
Jukiceva 75
71000 Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: 00 387 33 666 233
E-mail: [email protected]
Laurentiu HARABOR
C.A.R. RATB
Director
Bucharest - Romania
E-mail: [email protected]
Malcolm HAYDAY
Charity Banks
Chief Executive
194 High Street
TN9 1BE Tonbridge - Kent - UK
E-mail: [email protected]
Nuria HIGES CARBAJO
Françoise Clementi Microfinance Consultancy
Junior Consultant/Journalist
Avenida de América nº2 Edif. Colombia 7ºB
18006 Granada - Spain
Tel: 00 34 686 212 123
E-mail: [email protected]
Catharina Elisabeth HOOGENDIJK
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Senior Policy Adviser
P.O. BOX 20101
2500 EC The Hague - The Netherlands
Tel: 00 31 70 3796696
E-mail: [email protected]
Ilir HOTI
First Albanian Finance "FAF" DC
Adviser
Rruga: "Dervish Hima" Nr. 4
Tirana - Albania
E-mail: [email protected]
Tigran HOVHANNISYAN
Armenian ECLOF Foundation
Managing Director & CEO
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
1101 Etchmiadzin - Republic of Armenia
Tel: 00 37 40 105 171 58
E-mail: [email protected];
[email protected]
Ioan HOZAN
C.A.R. Romsilva Deva
Director
Deva - Romania
E-mail: [email protected]
I-J-K
Lejla IMAMOVIC
Prizma
Chief of Legal Affairs
Bistrik medresa 43
71000 Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: 00 387 33 573 320
E-mail: [email protected]
Ana Isabel IRIMIA DIEGUEZ
Universidad de Sevilla
Profesora
Av. Blas Infante, 8-A, 4-1
41011 Sevilla - Spain
Tel: 00 34 637 201 069
E-mail: [email protected]
Yvette JAGGI
Microcrédit Solidaire Suisse - Fondation Georges
Aegler pour la création d'entreprises
President
23 Rue du Pré-du-Marché
1004 Lausanne - Switzerland
Tel: 00 41 21 646 94 93
E-mail: [email protected]
Barbara JAYO
Fundación Nantik Lum
Research Director
Calle Velázquez 109, 6ºD
28006 Madrid - Spain
Tel: 00 34 91 564 69 22
E-mail: [email protected]
Annet M JONK
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Director Microfinance
P.O. BOX 20101
2500 EC The Hague - The Netherlands
Tel: 00 31 70 3796572
E-mail: [email protected]
Martin JUNG
EVERS&JUNG
General Manager
Deichstrasse 29
20459 Hamburg - Germany
Tel: 00 49 40 36809680
E-mail: [email protected]
Risper KAVULA NGUNGI
K-Rep Fedha Services Limited
Regional Manager - Kitui
P.O Box 10528
00100 Nairobi - Kenya
Tel: 00 254 720 822 167
E-mail: [email protected]
Gevorg KHACHATRYAN
Trade center Suren Setrakyan SOLE
Manager & Co-owner
Spandaryan 58 a
1101 Etchmiadzin - Republic of Armenia
Tel: 00 37 491 215 914
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Emma KIMANI WANJIKU
K-Rep Fedha Services Limited
Chief Executive Officer
P.O Box 10528
00100 Nairobi - Kenya
Tel: 00 254 720 822 167
E-mail: [email protected]
Joyce KIMWAGA-LUNDIN
NEEM
Trade and Industry Centre
Vingåkersvägen 18
641 80 Katrineholm - Sweden
Tel: 00 46 (0)73 778 31 33
E-mail: [email protected]
Jean-Pierre KLUMPP
BlueOrchard Finance SA
CEO
Rue de Malatrex 32
1201 Geneva - Switzerland
Tel: 00 41 22 596 47 77
E-mail: [email protected]
Miklós KOKAI
Hungarian Enterprise Development Network
Consortium Ltd.
Manager
Vörösmarty str. 12.
6000 Kecskemét - Hungary
E-mail: [email protected]
Cyrille LANGENDORFF
Crédit Coopératif
Chef de Projet
33 rue des Trois Fontanot
92000 Nanterre - France
Tel: 00 33 (0)1 47 24 81 34
E-mail: [email protected]
Bajram KORSITA
First Albanian Finance "FAF" DC
Administrator
Rruga: "Dervish Hima" Nr. 4
Tirana - Albania
E-mail: [email protected]
Qemal LASHI
Albanian Savings and Credit Union
Member of Board of Directors
Zayed Business Center
Rr: "Sulejman Delvina" Tirana e Re
355 Tirana - Albania
Tel: 00355 42 251910
E-mail: [email protected]
Sirkka-Liisa KOVETTU
Finnvera plc
Development Manager
Eteläesplanadi 8
00100 Helsinki - Finland
Tel: 00 358 20 460 7217
E-mail: [email protected]
Alexander KRITIKOS
DIW & GfA
Head of Deptartment
Mohrenstr. 58
10117 Berlin - Germany
E-mail: [email protected]
L-M-N
Stefanie LAEMMERMANN
European Microfinance Network
Junior Programme Manager
103 Rue de Vaugirard
75006 Paris - France
E-mail: [email protected]
Diederik LAMAN TRIP
Advisory Council Netherlands
Chairman
Berg en Heideweg 2
6881 PK Velp - The Netherlands
E-mail: [email protected]
Gabriel LANFRANCHI
Fundacion Pro Vivienda Social
Perón 667, piso 3.
Buenos Aires - Argentina
Tel: 00 54 11 4321 2700
E-mail: [email protected]
Geoffroy LEFORT
Adie
4 Bd Poissonnière
75009 Paris - France
E-mail: [email protected]
Andréa LEHMANN-BEYTRISON
Microcrédit Solidaire Suisse - Fondation Georges
Aegler pour la création d'entreprises
Directrice
23 Rue du Pré-du-Marché
1004 Lausanne - Switzerland
Tel: 00 41 21 646 94 93
E-mail: [email protected]
Frédéric LERNOUX
Fonds de Participation
CeFiP - KeFiK
rue de Ligne 1
1000 Brussels - Belgium
Tel: 00 32 (0)2 227 60 85
E-mail: [email protected]
Andrea LIMONE
PerMicro
Amministratore Delegato
Corso Massimo d'Azeglio 74
10126 Torino - Italy
Tel: 00 39 011 658 778
E-mail: [email protected]
Francesca LO RE
Consorzio Etimos sc
Microfinance Institutions Coordinator
Via G.De' Menabuoi, 25
35132 Padova - Italy
Tel: 00 39 34 63 790 058
E-mail: [email protected]
Adriaan LOEFF
Triodos Facet
Managing Dirctor
p.o. BOX 55
3700 AB Zeist - The Netherlands
E-mail: [email protected]
Keith LUCKCUCK
European Microfinance Network
103 Rue de Vaugirard
75006 Paris - France
E-mail: [email protected]
Robert LUKAJ
Besa Fund
Risk Management Director
Rr. Brigada VIII - Pallati n°5
Tirana - Albania
Tel: 00 355 4 225 38 41
E-mail: [email protected]
Brigitte MAAS
DMI - Deutsches Mikrofinanz Institut e.V.
Schumannstraße 10
10117 Berlin - Germany
Tel: 00 49 170 216 92 46
E-mail: [email protected]
Paolo MAGRI
ISPI - Fondazione Giordano Dell'Amore
Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Elisabeta MAGURAN
C.A.R. Sanatatea Deva
Director
Deva - Romania
E-mail: [email protected]
Eleonora MALAGOLI
MicroRate Africa & Eastern Europe
Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Fabio MALANCHINI
Microfinanza srl
Director
Corso Sempione 65
20149 Milan - Italy
Tel: 00 39 02 365 650 19
E-mail: [email protected]
Iulian Grigore MANOLE
FAIR Credit House
Director General
20, Unirii Bvd - block C5 - District 4
40107 Bucharest - Romania
Tel: 00 40 21 312 42 15
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Federico MANZONI
Fondazione Giordano Dell'Amore
President
Via Monte di Pieta, 12
20121 Milan - Italy
Anita MARCHESINI
University of Bologna - micro.Bo
Via Eleonora Duse 15
40127 Bologna - Italy
Tel: 00 39 347 323 3357
E-mail: [email protected]
Pierre MATHEUS
Adie
Credit Development Director
4 Bd Poissonnière
75009 Paris - France
Tel: 00 33 (0)1 56 03 59 00
E-mail: [email protected]
Francesca MAZZIERI
Via Luigi Cislaghi 11
20128 Milano - Italy
Tel: 00 39 348 917 2939
E-mail: [email protected]
David MEIER
Open Society Institute - Soros Economic
Development Fund
Budapest - Hungary
Tel: 00 36 30 248 7329
E-mail: [email protected]
Stacey MELLISH
Goole Development Trust
Finance Manager
17-23 Gladstone Terrace
DN14 9ND Goole - UK
E-mail: [email protected]
Helena MENA
BCP
Central Director
Praça de Alvalade, 16-B
1700-038 Lisboa - Portugal
Tel: 00 351 2 100 572 71
E-mail: [email protected]
Fulvia MENTIL
Consultant
Via Conte Rosso , 20
20134 Milan - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Carlos Manuel MESA
Fundacion Inter-Americana de Combate a la
Pobreza, Inc.
Presidente
Calle Las Carreras No. 8
10404 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional
Dominican Republic
Tel: 00 809-981-4772
E-mail: [email protected]
Klaas MOLENAAR
Triodos Facet
General Director
PO Box 190
3700 AD Zeist - The Netherlands
Tel: 00 31 (0)30 693 37 66
E-mail: [email protected]
Eleonora MONTANARI
Student
Calle dei Guardiani Dorsoduro
30123 Venezia - Italy
Tel: 00 39 338 395 0756
E-mail: [email protected]
Vlad MIHUT
ROMCOM
CEO
7 Sf. Ladislau St
410174 Oradea - Romania
E-mail: [email protected]
Vilma MORI
NEEM
Project leader
Vingåkersvägen 18
641 80 Katrineholm - Sweden
Tel: 00 46 87 189 152
E-mail: [email protected]
Lana MILAVIC
Microcredit Foundation "Sunrise"
Specialist for Cooperation with Investors
Zagreba & #269
71000 Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina
E-mail: [email protected]
Valentina MORRETTA
Fondazione Giordano Dell'Amore
Project Assistant
Via Monte di Pieta, 12
20121 Milan - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Stelian MINOIU
UNCAR
Director
Bucharest - Romania
E-mail: [email protected]
Manuel MOYART
European Microfinance Network
103 Rue de Vaugirard
75006 Paris - France
Tel: 00 33 (0)1 42 22 01 19
E-mail: [email protected]
Radu MOCAITA
C.A.R. Automobile Dacia
Director
Pitesti - Romania
E-mail: [email protected]
Hasan Jamil MOHAMMAD
Tamweelcom
Tla'a Al-Ali - King Abdeullah II Street
P.O Box 925715
11190 Ammam - Jordan
Tel: 00 96 26 535 4336
E-mail: [email protected]
Altin MUCA
Besa Fund
Marketing Director
Rr. Brigada VIII - Pallati n°5
Tirana - Albania
Tel: 00 355 4 225 38 41
E-mail: [email protected]
Bajram MUCAJ
Besa Fund
Executive Director
Rr. Brigada VIII - Pallati n°5
Tirana - Albania
Tel: 00 355 4 225 38 41
E-mail: [email protected]
Agnes MUENI MANTHI
K-Rep Fedha Services Limited
P.O Box 10528
00100 Nairobi - Kenya
Tel: 00 254 720 822 167
Kostadin MUNEV
UNDP Jobs Project
Financial Leasing Manager
65 A William Gladstone Str., fl.3, ap.5
1000 Sofia - Bulgaria
Tel: 00 3592 890 46 18
E-mail: [email protected]
Tony MYRON
EBRD
Principal Banker for Group for Small Businesses
One Exchange Square
EC2A 2JN London - UK
Tel: 00 44 20 7338 6000
E-mail: [email protected]
Andrea NARDONE
Fondazione Risorsa Donna
General Secretary
Via di S. Balbina, 6
00153 Roma - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Maria Cristina NEGRO
Fondazione Giordano Dell'Amore
Secretary General
Via Monte di Pieta, 12
20121 Milan - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Frédéric NGUYEN
CREA SOL
Directeur Général
91 rue Paradis
13006 Marseille - France
Tel: 04 91 53 29 77
E-mail: [email protected]
Maria NILSSON
NEEM
Accountant
Trade and Industry Centre
Vingåkersvägen 18
641 80 Katrineholm - Sweden
Tel: 00 46 (0)70 69 133 21
E-mail: [email protected]
Sargon NISSAN
nef
3 Jonathan Street,
N4 2LN London - UK
Tel: 00 44 207 820 63 94
E-mail: [email protected]
Maria NOWAK
Adie
President
4 Bd Poissonnière
75009 Paris - France
Tel: 00 33 (0)1 56 03 59 00
E-mail: [email protected]
Karina NUNEZ AROAPAZA
Promujer
Jr. Libertad 345 - Apartado Postal 545
Puno - Peru
Tel: 00 51 54 363 198
E-mail: [email protected]
O-P-Q
Niurka OLEO TERRERO
Fundacion de Ayuda para los Pobres de la Republica
Dominicana, Inc.
Encargada de Desarrollo Social de la Mujer
Calle 27 A - n°33 - Ensanche Espaillat
10404 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional
Dominican Republic
Tel: 00 809-819-4808
E-mail: [email protected]
Irina ÖRNBERG
NEEM
Trade and Industry Centre
Vingåkersvägen 18
641 80 Katrineholm - Sweden
Tel: 00 46 (0)70 48 748 26
E-mail: [email protected]
Adriano PALLARO
Banca Popolare Etica
Via Tommaseo 7
35131 Padova - Italy
Tel: 00 39 04 987 711 76
E-mail: [email protected]
Martire PEREZ VIZCAINO
Fundacion Inter-Americana de Combate a la
Pobreza, Inc.
Directora de Desarrollo y Democracia
Calle Las Carreras No. 8
10404 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional
Dominican Republic
Tel: 00 829 733 2686
E-mail: [email protected]
Paul Florin PETREANU
C.A.R. Decebal Deva
President
Deva - Romania
E-mail: [email protected]
Susanna PICCIONI
Fondazione Don Mario Operti ONLUS
Via Carlo Alberto, 41
10023 Torino - Italy
Tel: 00 39 011 812 49 71
E-mail: [email protected]
Francesco PIEROTTI
Fondazione CARIPLO
Via Monte di Pieta, 12
20121 Milan - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Ines Maria PINA CALDERON
Centro Inter-Americano para la Democracia, Inc.
Vicepresidenta
C/ las Carreras n° 8 - Suite 6 - Ciudad Nueva
10404 Santo Domingo - Dominican Republic
Tel: 00 829 733 2686
E-mail: [email protected]
Jeanette Rocio PINA GUERRA
Fundacion de Jovenes por la Democracia, Inc.
Directora Internacional
Calle Central No. 20 - Ensanche Espaillat
10404 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional Dominican Republic
Tel: 00 829-7300170
E-mail: [email protected]
Micol PISTELLI
MIX
Manager of the Social Performance Standards
Program
Washington DC - USA
Giampietro PIZZO
Microfinanza srl
Presidente
Stradella della Racchetta 22
36100 Vicenza - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Ivona PLANINIC
Prizma
Finance Manager
Bistrik medresa 43
71000 Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: 00 387 33 573 320
E-mail: [email protected]
Aldo POMPONI
APC Consulting
Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Giulia PORINO
Student
Corso Galileo Ferraris 65
10128 Torino - Italy
Tel: 00 39 333 620 6246
E-mail: [email protected]
Chiara POZZI
Provincia di Bologna
Istruttore Tecnico Direttivo
Via Benedetto XIV, 3
40125 Bologna - Italy
Tel: 00 39 051 659 9221
E-mail: chiara.pozzi@provin cia.bologna.it
Paolo PROSERPIO
Fondazione CARIPLO
Via Monte di Pieta, 12
20121 Milan - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Chiara PROVASOLI
ABI - Associazione Bancaria Italiana
Csr Office
Piazza del gesù 49
00186 Roma - Italy
Tel: 00 30 06 67 67 576
E-mail: [email protected]
R-S-T
Peter RAMSDEN
Freiss ltd and COPIE
Director
1 Icburgh Road
E58af London - UK
Calin RASCOLEAN
U.J.C.A.R. Hunedoara
Inspector
Deva - Romania
E-mail: [email protected]
Dumitru RASCOLEAN
C.A.R. Paringul Petrosani
President
Petrosani - Romania
E-mail: [email protected]
Bettina REUTER
DMI - Deutsches Mikrofinanz Institut e.V.
Schumannstraße 10
10117 Berlin - Germany
E-mail: [email protected]
Silvia Rico
Fundación Nantik Lum
Director
c/ Lago Como, 6
28411 Madrid – Spain
Tel: 00 34 915 646 922
E-mail: [email protected]
Marcella ROBERTI
micro.Bo ONLUS
Via Pellizza da Volpedo 6
40137 Bologna - Italy
Tel: 00 39 051 086 8531
E-mail: [email protected]
Ernán RODAS MARTINEZ
Cooperativa Jardin Azuayo
Bolívar 715
Paute - Azuay - Ecuador
Tel: 00 953 7 225 0465
E-mail: [email protected]
Máximo RODRIGUEZ
EDPYME
Av. Centenario 356
San Carlos - Huancayo - Peru
Tel: 00 51 64 217 000
E-mail: [email protected]
Jean Claude RODRIGUEZ FERRERA
CAF
Founder & Director
Sant Agusti 3-5, 1o D
8012 Barcelona - Spain
Tel: 00 34 647 219 098
E-mail: [email protected]
Patricia RODRIGUEZ PULIDO
Fundación Nantik Lum
Assistant
c/ Lago Como, 6
28411 Madrid - Spain
Tel: 00 34 639 372 238
E-mail: [email protected]
Maria Laura RUIZ
Dip. Scienze Economiche - University of Pisa
Professore Associato
Via Ridolfi 10
56124 Pisa - Italy
Tel: 00 39 502 26 216
E-mail: [email protected]
Antoine SAINT-DENIS
European Commission
DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal
Opportunities
J-27 1/009
1049 Bruxelles - Belgium
Tel: 00 32 2 298 62 37
E-mail: [email protected]
Reynaldo SANCHEZ
Fundacion de Ayuda para los Pobres de la Republica
Dominicana, Inc.
President
Calle 27 A - n°33 - Ensanche Espaillat
10404 Santo Domingo - Dominican Republic
Tel: 00 829 850 2715
E-mail: [email protected]
Julia SANDOVAL
Babyloan
Chargée des partenariats
153 boulevard Haussmann
75008 Paris - France
Tel: 00 33 (0)6 03 96 21 64
E-mail: [email protected]
Marc SCHUBLIN
European Investment Fund
96 bd. Konrad Adenauer
L-2968 Luxembourg - Luxembourg
E-mail: [email protected]
Unni Beate SEKKESAETER
Network Credit Norway
Director
c/o SEMCO AS - Vollsveien 9
1366 Lysaker - Norway
E-mail: [email protected]
Jean-Michel SERVET
IHEID
Professor
Po Box 136
1211 Geneva 21 Geneva - Switzerland
Tel: 00 41 22 908 57 00
E-mail: [email protected]
Sabina SINISCALCHI
Fondazione Culturale Responsabilità Etica
Senior Advisor
Via Copernico, 1
20125 Milano - Italy
Tel: 00 39 02 66 980 737
E-mail: [email protected]
Elena SOLAROLI
PerMicro
Fund Raising Assistant
Corso Massimo d'Azeglio 74
10126 Torino - Italy
Tel: 00 39 011 658 778
E-mail: [email protected]
Jose Manuel SOTO VOLQUEZ
Fundacion de Jovenes por la Democracia, Inc.
Encargado de Programas Tecnicos
Calle Central No. 20 - Ensanche Espaillat
10404 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional
Dominican Republic
Tel: 00 809 720 1334
E-mail: [email protected]
Alex STEIN
Fundación Nantik Lum
Research Assistance
Calle Velázquez 109, 6ºD
28006 Madrid - Spain
Tel: 00 34 91 564 69 22
E-mail: [email protected]
Tibor SZEKFU
FEA
Managing Director
Budai ut 9-11
H-8000 Székesfehérvár - Hungary
Tel: 00 36 22 518 10
E-mail: [email protected]
Agata SZOSTEK
Consultant
56 Braunstone Close
3 2GT Leicester - UK
E-mail: [email protected]
Mehmet Niyazi TANILIR
Provincial Governorate
Governor
Kahramanmaras Valiligi - Trabzon Bulvari
46100 Kahramanmùaras - Turkey
Tel: 00 903 44 214 10 09
E-mail: [email protected]
Zayad Helmi TAWFIQ AL REFAI
Tamweelcom
Tla'a Al-Ali - King Abdeullah II Street - P.O Box
925715
11190 Ammam - Jordan
Tel: 00 96 26 535 4336
E-mail: [email protected]
Ramona TAYLOR
Financial Services Authority
Senior Associate
25 The North Colonnade - Canary Wharf
E14 5HS London - UK
Tel: 00 44 20 706 694 42
E-mail: [email protected]
Martin TERRERO NATERA
Fundacion de Ayuda para los Pobres de la Republica
Dominicana, Inc.
Secretario Ejecutivo
Calle 27 A - n°33 - Ensanche Espaillat
10404 Santo Domingo Distrito Nacional - Dominican
Republic
Tel: 00 809-507-4175
E-mail: [email protected]
Constance THEISEN
European Microfinance Network
Communication Assistant
103 Rue de Vaugirard
75006 Paris - France
E-mail: [email protected]
Veronika THIEL
nef
Researcher/Project Manager
3 Jonathan Street,
N4 2LN London - UK
Tel: 00 44 207 820 63 94
E-mail: [email protected]
U-V-W
Michael UNTERBERG
EVERS&JUNG
Consultant
Deichstrasse 29
20459 Hamburg - Germany
Tel: 00 49 40 36806980
E-mail: [email protected]
Carlos VITERI
Apoyo Integral
General Manager
Alameda Roosevelt y 47 Av. Sur
(Colonia Flor Blanca)
San Salvador - El Salvador
Tel: 00 503 22 506 003
E-mail: [email protected]
Juan Carlos URGILES
Cooperativa Jardin Azuayo
Bolívar 715
Paute - Azuay - Ecuador
Tel: 00 953 7 225 0465
E-mail: [email protected]
Lejla VITESKIC
Prizma
Branch Manager
Bistrik medresa 43
71000 Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: 00 387 33 573 320
E-mail: [email protected]
Aleksandra VANOVAC
Prizma
Internal Auditor
Bistrik medresa 43
71000 Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: 00 387 33 573 320
E-mail: [email protected]
Ioan VLASA
FAER IFN SA
General Manager
str Apelor , nr. 5
Reghin - Romania
Tel: 00 40 265 511 393
E-mail: [email protected]
Elena VASCOTTO
Milan - Italy
Tel: 00 39 338 876 8500
E-mail: [email protected]
Jean-Pierre WATTHY
Fonds de Participation
CeFiP - KeFiK
Rue de Ligne 1
1000 Brussels - Belgium
Tel: 00 32 (0)2 227 60 85
E-mail: [email protected]
Pier Mario VELLO
Fondazione CARIPLO
Via Monte di Pieta, 12
20121 Milan - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Andrea VELTRI
BNL BNP Paribas
Head of Consumer and Business Lending
Via Veneto 119
80078 Roma - Italy
Tel: 00 39 335 693 54 18
E-mail: [email protected]
Paolo VITALI
Fondazione Giordano Dell'Amore
Via Monte di Pieta, 12
20121 Milan - Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
David WILLIAMS
nef Consulting
3 Jonathan Street,
N4 2LN London - UK
Tel: 00 44 207 820 63 94
E-mail: [email protected]
Otto WORMGOOR
Planet Rating
Operations Manager
13 rue Dieumegard
93400 Saint Ouen - France
Tel: 00 33 (0)1 49 21 26 31
E-mail: [email protected]
André WOUDENBERG
INHolland Centre for microfinance and small
business development
Researcher and Professor
Theresiastraat 8
2509AA The Hague - The Netherlands
E-mail: [email protected]
X-Y-Z
Sheryll YANCHUI TUMENTA
Femmes en action contre la pauvreté
BP 1786
Douala - Cameroun
Tel: 00 237 755 77 70
E-mail: [email protected]
Imelda ZALDIVAR
Apoyo Integral
Financial Manager
Alameda Roosevelt y 47 Av. Sur
(Colonia Flor Blanca)
San Salvador - El Salvador
Tel: 00 503 22 506 017
E-mail: [email protected]
Maria Teresa ZAPPIA
BlueOrchard Finance SA
Director Investment Analysis
rue de Malatrex 32
1201 Geneva - Switzerland
Tel: 00 41 22 596 47 77
E-mail: [email protected]
Raul ZAVLIA LAGOS
Fundacion Pro Vivienda Social
Perón 667, piso 3.
Buenos Aires - Argentina
Tel: 00 54 11 4321 2700
E-mail: [email protected]
Namik ZENELI
Albanian Savings and Credit Union
Member of Board of Directors
Zayed Business Center
Rr: "Sulejman Delvina" Tirana e Re
355 Tirana - Albania
Tel: 00355 42 251910
E-mail: [email protected]
Falk ZIENTZ
Mikrofinanzfonds Deutschland
Christstr. 9
44789 Bochum - Germany
Tel: 00 49 234 579 7162
E-mail: [email protected]
Yael ZLOTOWSKI
Crédit Coopératif
Financial Operation
33 rue des Trois Fontanot
92002 Nanterre - France
Tel: 00 33 (0)1 47 24 83 39
E-mail: [email protected]
European Microfiannce Network
103 Rue de Vaugirard
75006 Paris – France
Tel : ++33 (0)1 42 22 01 19 - Fax : ++33 (0)1 42 22 06 44
Mail : [email protected]
Website : www.european-microfinance.org