Team
CEO
Matthew Gamser is CEO of the SME Finance Forum. He has over 35 years’ experience in private enterprise and financial sector development. He has...
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...
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...
Membership Lead
Dzifa Oluwole has over ten years' experience working for international membership associations. Prior to joining the SME Finance Forum, she worked...
Financial Sector Specialist
Lechi Zhang is a consultant with the SME Finance Forum. He started his career in private sector development in 2007 as the Head Representative in...
FINANCIAL SECTOR SPECIALIST
Jessica has over 10 years’ experience working with MSMEs and is an expert in lending, entrepreneurship and finance. Based in Madrid, she is currently...
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...
Web and Social Media Editor
Carina Carrasco is the Web and Social Media Editor for the SME Finance Forum. Carina has over 20 years' experience as a communication and knowledge...
Operations Analyst
Tarun Sridhar works on the organization of the Global SME Finance Forum, provides research support on publications of the SME Finance Forum. He holds...
Advisor for Strategic Initiatives
Gillette Conner facilitates and oversees discrete strategic and knowledge management projects of the SME Finance Forum. Working as an independent...
Senior Advisor
is a Senior Advisor for the SME Finance Forum, SME Consultant, and Former US SBA Chief Economist. Giuseppe’s work focuses on small and medium...
Strategic Communications
Jeanette Thomas is a communications advisor for the SME Finance Forum and the Founder and CEO of Developing Stories, a company that produces video...