Team

Team

Qamar Saleem
Head, SME Finance Forum
QAMAR SALEEM is the SME Finance head, the world’s leading center for knowledge exchange, good practice promotion and public-private dialogue in this...
Hourn Thy
Senior Operations Officer
Hourn Thy facilitates the delivery of the SME Finance Forum objectives and activities including the implementation of G20 SME finance challenge and...
Marie-Sarah Chataing
Communications Lead
Marie-Sarah Chataing oversees the daily editorial update of the SME Finance Forum website. She is also involved with events and webinar organization...
Khrystyna Kushnir
Knowledge Management Lead
Khrystyna Kushnir is the Knowledge Management Lead at the SME Finance Forum. She has over ten years of work experience in private enterprise and...
Ming Li
FINANCIAL SECTOR SPECIALIST
Ming Li has joined the SME Finance Forum team as a Relationship Manager. Ming has over 15 years of experience in working with the financial sector in...
Minerva Kotei
Financial Sector Specialist
Minerva Kotei leads the Women’s Entrepreneurship Finance work at the SME Finance Forum. She has over 18 years’ experience in emerging markets...
Karla  Espinoza
LAC RM, Event and Digital Content Coordinator
Karla Espinoza is a senior marketing executive. She joined the SME Finance Forum as an event management coordinator and a marketing and digital...
Panos  Varangis
Principal Operations Officer - Agricultural finance and agricultural insurance - IFC
Panos Varangis is currently the Global Lead for agricultural finance and agricultural insurance in the Finance , Competitiveness & Innovation -...
Hans  Koning
Global Chief Industry Specialist Digital Finance - IFC
Hans Koning is global Chief Industry Specialist Digital Finance at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. IFC...
Toshiaki  Ono
Senior Financial Sector Specialist, Agriculture - World Bank Group
Toshiaki Ono is a senior financial sector specialist at the World Bank where he supports various lending projects and analytical work to promote...
Francisco  Avendano
Global Lead for policy, assessment and structuring of sustainable finance - IFC
Francisco Avendano is IFC’s global focal point for climate assessment and sustainable finance offering across investment products. Before joining IFC...
Sanjay   Kalpage
Senior Financial Specialist, Access to Finance - IFC
Sanjay  Kalpage is a Senior Financial Specialist with IFC’s Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Advisory team in Africa, where he co-leads the Banking...
Hanh Nam  Nguyen
Principal Investment Officer, Inclusive Finance - IFC
Hanh Nam Nguyen, Principal Investment Officer, currently manages IFC’s Global SME Facility and We-Fi Program and is the financial sector industry...
Fangfang  Jiang
Regional Lead for Digital Financial Services at the Financial Institution Group Asia & Pacific - IFC
Fangfang Jiang is the Regional Lead for Digital Financial Services at the Financial Institution Group Asia & Pacific, International Finance...
Partha  Guha Thakurta
Regional Lead for Risk Management & Country Anchor covering Bangladesh, Bhutan & Nepal - IFC
Partha Guha Thakurta is the Regional Lead for Risk Management & Country Anchor covering Bangladesh, Bhutan & Nepal (BBN) at the Financial...
Ghada  Teima
Lead Financial Sector Specialist - IFC
Ms. Ghada Teima, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, has been working with the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of The World...
Helen  He
Advisory Country Anchor for China and Mongolia - IFC
Helen He, is a demonstrated leader with an exceptional record of driving transformative change in the climate and sustainable finance sector across...
Ketan  Gaikwad
Managing Director and CEO - Receivables Exchange of India Limited (RXIL)
Mr. Ketan Gaikwad, the Managing Director and CEO of Receivables Exchange of India Limited (RXIL), is a banker with a career spanning 30 years. Prior...
Vivian  Owuor
FIG Advisory Services, Bank Advisory Services Co-Lead Africa - IFC
Vivian Owuor is based in Lagos Nigeria and co-leads IFCs Financial Institutions Group Banking Advisory Practice Group for Africa. Prior to that she...
Oluwatoyin  Alake
Capital Markets Lead, FIG Upstream & Advisory, Asia and Pacific Region - IFC
Oluwatoyin has over 17 years’ experience in capital markets development, regulation and investment product development. She is passionate about...
William  Beloe
Global Product Specialist - Climate Finance - IFC
Will works with IFC’s Financial Institutions Group with the mandate to gr ow IFC’s c limate commitments to an average of 35 % of its portfolio...
Natalia Bhatia
Regional Gender Lead, Asia & Pacific and Country Anchor, India Advisory Services, Financial Institutions Group - IFC
Natalia has been working with IFC for the past seven years as a Gender and SME Advisory Specialist across Asia & Pacific She has 22 years of...
Mohan Chen
Operations Analyst
Mohan Chen is currently an Operations Analyst with the SME Finance Forum. She graduated from Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University,...
Marcus  Chenevix
Membership Coordinator
Marcus Chenevix has joined the SME Finance Forum as Membership Coordinator consultant. He is a graduate student at Georgetown in the Master of Arts...
Hans  Dellien
Agri-Finance Lead East Asia Pacific Region - IFC
Mr. Dellien is the Agrifinance Lead for EAP at IFC and the FIG AS Country Anchor for Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Mr. Dellien supports Financial...
Jose Felix  Etchegoyen
Global Specialist - Financial Institutions Group - IFC
José has over 2 5 years of experience in international banking and emerging markets, focused on unbanked or underserved populations. Currently at IFC...
Anushe Khan
Sr. Operations Officer, SME Banking & Banking on Women - IFC
Anushe leads advisory services for the Global SME Finance Facility, a joint investment and advisory platform focusing on SMEs including women owned...
Manar  Korayem
Senior Operations Officer Women Banking Champions Program Lead, Financial Institutions Group, Advisory Services, Africa - IFC
Manar has over 25 years of professional banking experience in emerging markets with a focus on the Middle East and Africa region. In her role as a...
Kyle Krym
Communications Consultant
Kyle Krym is an IFC consultant, offering communication and knowledge management support to the SME Finance Forum. He is a multilateral and nonprofit...
Pushkala  Lakshmi Ratan
Principal Industry Specialist - Asia Climate Lead - Global Blue Finance Lead, Financial Institutions Group - IFC
Pushkala is the Principal Specialist and Asia Pacific Lead for Climate Investments in the Financial Institutions Group (FIG) for IFC, based in...
Elaine Maceachern
Senior Global Financial Infrastructure Specialist - IFC
Elaine is the Global Financial Infrastructure Program Manager with the Financial Institutions Group (“FIG based in Washington, DC. Elaine works with...
Collen  Masunda
Access to Finance Specialist - Global Financial Inclusion, Financial Institutions Group - IFC
Collen Masunda is an Access to Finance Specialist in the Global Financial Inclusion unit of the Financial Institutions Group at IFC. In this role, he...
Isaac  Masusu
HEAD AGRIBUSINESS RETAIL DEPARTMENT - NMB PLC
Isaac Masusu has more than 24 years of experience in the banking having worked from SMEs, Branch Operations, corporate/wholesale banking and a mix of...
Rajesh  Mehra
Practice Lead - Supply Chain Finance, Trade & TB - FIG Advisory Services, Asia Pacific - IFC
Rajesh Mehra is the Practice Lead for Trade & Supply Chain Finance, Financial Institutions Group covering Asia and Pacific at the International...
Christian  Rodriguez-Torres
Practice Lead – Financial Inclusion, Asia Pacific - IFC
Christian is a financial services professional with over 20 years of experience providing advisory services in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. His...
Carlos Alberto  Sanchez Reboiro
Global Digital Finance Specialist - IFC
Carlos works as a Global Digital Finance specialist for the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, with the aim...
Murat  Sultanov
Senior Operations Officer - Financial Institutions Group Advisory - IFC
Murat Sultanov is a Senior Operations Officer in the Financial Institutions Group Advisory at IFC. He serves as the Asset-Based and Supply Chain...
Makiko  Toyoda
Global Head of Global Trade Finance Program & Global Supply Chain Finance Program - IFC
Makiko Toyoda is the Global Head of Global Trade Finance Program (GTFP) & Global Supply Chain Finance Program (GSCF) at International Finance...
Anil  Walia
Head of SCF Payables in EMEA - Deutsche Bank
Anil Walia heads Deutsche Bank’s SCF Payables in EMEA. After completing his Master’s Degree in Plasma Physics some decades ago, Anil took the not-so-...
John Wilson
Senior Operations Officer - Financial Institutions Group, Latin America - IFC
Mr Wilson is Senior Operations Officer with the International Finance Corporation, Financial Institutions Group in Latin America, based in Bogota,...