Team
Who we are
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 -...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Operations Analyst
Mohan Chen is currently an Operations Analyst with the SME Finance Forum. She graduated from Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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-...
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,...