Speakers

Karl-Heinz Fleischhaker Division Chief, Finance, Sub-Saharan Africa KfW and Member of the Investment Committee, REGMIFA Mr. Fleischhacker has been at KfW for over 25 years. Starting as a Project Manager for South Asia in 1979, over the years he has had various posts such as; Economist in the Secretariat of International Credit Affairs, Senior Project Manager for West Africa and Head of Division for Finance, Energy, Education in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Wolfgang Kroh Chairman of the Board REGMIFA Previous to his role as chairman of the REGMIFA board, Mr Wolfgang Kroh had been at KfW since 1971 where he worked in a number of different departments. Mr Kroh studied for his Business Administration Diploma at Frankfurt am Main.
Steve Wardle Africa Country Director Grameen Foundation Steve directs approx. $50 million in capital through two investment facilities that provide credit enhancements, loans and equity investments to poverty-focused and/or pioneering microfinance institutions and other social enterprises serving clients at the “Base of the Pyramid” across Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Americas.
Vanesa Sanchez Senior Analyst EIU Vanessa Sanchez joined the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Americas team in 2007. Recent projects include an index of the business environment for microfinance in 55 countries and an index evaluating the investment environment for private-public partnerships in infrastructure in 19 Latin American economies.
Vincent Lehner Senior Investment Analyst Symbiotics Vincent is senior investment analyst for our partner MFIs in Western Africa, after having worked for three years from the Geneva head office as Analyst for Latin America and Eastern Europe. Read more...
Ruurd Brouwer Director, Financial Institutions FMO and Member of the Board of Directors, REGMIFA Ruurd Brouwer was appointed Director Financial Institutions at FMO in 2009. In this function, he is responsible for FMO’s financial sector portfolio & strategy worldwide.
Rogers Nwoke CEO Hasal Microfinance Bank Mr Rogers Nwoke is the CEO of Hasal Microfinance Bank in Nigeria. He will be discussing the opportunities available for the growth of Microfinance in Nigeria alongside representatives from First Mutual Microfinance Bank and The Central Bank. Read more...
Adetutu Ogunnaike Director, Other Financial Institutions Department Central Bank of Nigeria Ms Adetutu Ogunnaike is Director, Other Financial Institutions Department at the Central Bank of Nigeria. She will be joining the discussion on the Microfinance opportunities in Nigeria.
Massimo Vita Technical Assistance, Field Expert REGMIFA Massimo has a significant experience in the field of microfinance and, in general, of financial institutions with a working experience of 12 years. He is a partner and member of the Board of Directors of Microfinanza and he is a Faculty member of Boulder Microfinance Training Program (MFT).
Mike Gama-Lobo Regional Director, Africa FINCA Mike Gama-Lobo draws on a decade of experience in senior management of FINCA affiliates in Africa and the Caribbean to direct the strategic development of the FINCA Africa region.
Nicholas Colloff Director of Strategy and Innovation Oxfam Nicholas is the Director of Strategy and Innovation at Oxfam GB tasked with helping improve the impact of Oxfam GB's long term development programming. He is presently focused on the 'missing middle' of SME (small and medium-sized enterprises) financing and on low carbon development including renewables.
Leah Wardle Deputy Director of the Social Performance Task Force The Smart Campaign Leah Wardle is a social performance management consultant. She is currently the Deputy Director of the Social Performance Task Force, and a Tool Development Specialist for the Smart Campaign at ACCION’s Center for Financial Inclusion. Read more...
Professor Njuguna Ndung’u Governor Central Bank of Kenya Prof. Ndung’u has been Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya since March 4, 2007. He is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Nairobi, holds a PhD in economics from the University of Gothenburg, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in economics from the University of Nairobi.
Konrad App CEO STIMA Systems Prior to STIMA, Konrad founded and served as General Manager of Solio East Africa where he collaborated with Safaricom, World Vision, and the Catholic Church to research, develop and trial innovative pay-per-use energy services in rural villages.
Kamal Budhabhatti CEO Craft Silicon Kamal Budhabhatti founded Craft Silicon in October 2000. Today, under his leadership and vision, Craft Silicon has been recognized as one of the biggest software house across the emerging markets with its other development center and relationship office in India and USA respectively.
Erin Connor Africa Country Director Grameen Foundation With extensive microfinance experience on the African continent, Erin will be sharing her views on how far microfinance is reaching in Africa and what we can expect to see in the future.
Felistas Coutinho CEO Tujijenge Tanzania Mrs. Coutinho has experience in financing solar equipment in both rural and urban areas for five years. She has been working in microfinance for over 14 years, first in Uganda then in Tanzania.
Roland Dominice Managing Director Symbiotics Roland was appointed executive director of Symbiotics in 08, after having been in charge of client relationship and business development since co-founding the company in 2004. He has also worked for BlueOrchard Finance.
Stephen Dugbazah General Manager ID Ghana Stephen will be presenting the work that ID Ghana have done in the area of improving governance and building capacity in order to make ID Ghana more attractive to potential investors.
Jared Getenga Project Manager, Kenya Credit Information Sharing Initiative Kenya Bankers Association Jared Getenga has a B Com and MBA, Finance (University of Nairobi). He spent 20 years with the Central Bank of Kenya in Banking Supervision and Deposit Protection, after which he spent two years as Financial Sector Specialist with the Financial and Legal Sector Technical Assistance Project.
Jurgen Hammer Chief Investment Officer Grameen Credit- Agricole Jurgen has been at Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation since April 2008. Before that he has also worked for JAIDA Microfinance Fund and the European Fund for SouthEast Europe.
Noara Kebir Managing Director MicroEnergy International Noara has experience in energy engineering, microfinance and strategic business development. She has worked for MicroEnergy International since 2001 where she has gained expertise in microfinance, enterprise development and the implementation of quality management systems.
Paul Kihiu CEO Select Africa As the CEO of Select Africa, Kenya, Paul will be running Workshop A on the 17th October focussing on housing products available at the base of the pyramid.
David Kitusa CEO Association of Microfinance Professionals, Kenya David is the immediate former Acting Chief Executive Officer of AMFI, where he successfully spearheaded the turnaround of the Association by ensuring that it offers value to its members as well as assisted with fundraising and strategic planning.
Audrey Linthorst Lead Analyst Africa The MIX Audrey joined MIX in December 2008 as the Analyst for Anglophone Africa. She is responsible for collecting data from MFIs in Anglophone Africa and analyzing, benchmarking, and publishing that data.
Rashid Malima Managing Director PRIDE Tanzania As an MFI that has recently transformed into a deposit taking organisation, Rashid Malima will share his experiences and tips on the processes PRIDE used during their transformation.
Itotia Njagi Program Manager Lighting Africa, IFC Lighting Africa have developed tools to test the quality of solar portable lights, get more quality and affordable lights on the market, and counter market spoilage by inferior products. Itotia will share some of these tools with the audience
Kojo Mbir Head of Transformation Opportunity Ghana As an MFI that has recently transformed into a deposit taking organisation, Kojo Mbir will share his experiences and tips on the processes Opportunity Ghana used during their transformation
Ingrid Munro CEO Jamii Bora Ms Munro worked for 8 years for the Swedish government in the bureau of housing research. She then began her career as an advocate for the poor in Kenya, pressing for their right to housing as a staff member of Habitat and the head of African Housing Fund.
Moses Ochieng Joint Financial Sector Specialist, East and Southern Africa DFID-CGAP From Kenya, Moses works to deepen CGAP’s engagement in the East and Southern African region, collaborating with regional partners on issues such as technology, policy, and funding for microfinance.
Moses Saromi CEO First Mutual Microfinance Bank Moses has a BSc. (Hons.) in Applied Accounting and an MBA from Oxford Brookes University, England; as well as a BSc. in Business Management from the University of Jos, Nigeria.
Daud Suleman Chief Information Officer Opportunity Bank Malawi Opportunity Bank Malawi have been revered for their commitment to advanced technology systems including MIS and bio-metrics. Daud will share their experiences and how they have embraced new technology effectively.
Lukas Wellen Founder Musoni Lukas has 10 years microfinance experience in advisory and management roles, with extensive field experience in Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia. He studied Macro Economics and financial systems in developing markets in Amsterdam and South Africa.
Ulrich Zeisluft Principal Financial Specialist IFC Nairobi Ulrich joined IFC’s Access to Finance Advisory unit as Principal Financial Specialist in Nairobi in July 2009. Prior to joining the IFC, Ulrich was a Director within Fair Isaac’s Global Scoring Solutions Business Unit. Read more...
Peter Hauser Head of Credit Scoring BFC Mr. Hauser is a senior banking expert with over 15 years of professional experience out of which 7 years working with BFC in the field of MSME lending development, credit scoring and bank due diligence in Eastern Europe and Asia. Read more...