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 provides credit information systems, data-based lending product innovation and data analytics advisory to credit reporting services providers, financial institutions, and governments. He is also the Deputy Secretariat of the International Committee on Credit Reporting (ICCR), the only recognized standard setting body in credit reporting.

He has 15+ prior experience in access to finance and central banking experience: risk management, NPL management, bank & non-bank supervision, financial inclusion, fintech, and financial sector policy formulation & implementation.

Collen is a Humphrey Fellow (Fulbright Leadership Initiative) and holds a Master of Commerce in Development Finance from the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (summa cum laude) and a Bachelor of Commerce Honors Degree (summa cum laude). He is a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant (CCA) and Chartered Development Finance Analyst (CDFA). He also holds Graduate certificates in Applied Business Analytics and Project Management from Boston University and Data Science and Machine Learning: Making Data Driven Decisions Certificate from MIT.