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. 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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. 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