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Current position
Outside Director at Gojo & Company, Japan
Experience
- Independent non-executive Director
Humo Microfinance Deposit Organization
Aug 2023 - Present - Independent non-executive Director
Gojo & Company
Mar 2023 - Present - Senior Fellow, CEME
Fletcher School at Tufts University
Jan 2013 - Present - Independent Consultant
mobile money & financial inclusion
Jul 2011 - Present - Founder and Executive Director
Digital Frontiers Institute
Jan 2016 – Dec 2020 - Senior Research Fellow
Saïd Business School, Oxford University
Sep 2013 – Aug 2015 - Deputy Director, Financial Services for the Poor, BMGF
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) + Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (BMGF grantee)
Jan 2009 – Jun 2011 - Senior Advisor, Technology Program, CGAP
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) + Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (BMGF grantee)
Sep 2007 - Oct 2008 - Interim Executive VP for Marketing & Account Management
DoCoMo Intertouch
Jan 2006 – Apr 2007 - Board Member in Vodafone Portugal, Iusacell in Mexico and VF Greece
Vodafone Group - Strategy Director for South Europe, Middle East & Africa
Vodafone Group
May 2004 - Apr 2005 - Director of Business Innovation, Group R&D.
Vodafone Group
Oct 2003 – Apr 2004 - General Manager, Business Solutions, Vodafone Australia.
Vodafone Group
Oct 2002 – Sep 2003 - Director of Global Business Strategy
Vodafone Group
Jan 2001 – Sep 2002 - Principal consultant; responsible for the Paris & Madrid offices.
Analysis Ltd
Oct 1998 – Feb 2000 - Principal consultant
Analysis Ltd
Mar 1996 – Oct 1998 - Assistant to the Managing Directors.
The World Bank (IBRD/IFC)
Jan – Jun 1995 - Financial Officer, Treasury Dept
The World Bank (IBRD/IFC)
Mar 1991 – Dec 1993 - Financial Economist, Research & Technical Depts.
The World Bank (IBRD/IFC)
Jun 1988 – Feb 1991 - Strategy consultant
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Jul 2005 – Jan 2006 - Visiting Assistant Professor of International Business
University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Jan – Aug 1994 and Aug – Dec 1995 - Senior Strategic Investments Manager
Intel Capital
Mar 2020– Dec 2000 - Visiting Researcher
Banco de la República de Colombia
Jul 1995– Sep 1995 - Research Assistant
Harvard Institute for International Development
Jan-Jul 1987 and Feb-Mar 1988; La Paz, Bolivia: Jul – Aug 1986 and May 1988
Education
- Harvard University
PhD in Economics
1988 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SB in Mathematics and Economics
1984