Gillette Conner facilitates and oversees discrete strategic and knowledge management projects of the SME Finance Forum.  Working as an independent consultant, she advises the Forum to maximize its role as a thought leader and convener.  She works on strategic program and knowledge management development with multi-lateral institutions and as an adviser for businesses and startups focused on emerging markets.  Working across the globe, she served for over thirteen years in increasingly senior positions at the IFC and World Bank, the last of which as Senior Knowledge Officer for the Finance and Markets Global Practice (now FCI GP).  She holds a B.A. degree from Wake Forest University, and M.B.A from Georgetown University.