This is a personal post and just a bit of record. When I heard about the Taliban attack on the army public school in Peshawar – a place I have passed by many times and where 132 children were murdered,…
Blue Orchard Loans for Development (BOLD) Transactions
Date: 2006/7 | Country: Global | Sector: Microfinance | Amount in USD: 99 million / 110 million | Client: Blue Orchard While head of the Microfinance Institutions Group at Morgan Stanley, I led the…
MFX Solutions
Date: 2009 | Amount: USD 9 million part of first close of USD 13 million | Country: Global | Sector: Microfinance I managed the Omidyar Network’s anchor investment into MFX, the first…
Leapfrog Investments I
Date: 2009 | Amount: Part of USD 44 million first close | Country: Global | Sector: Micro-insurance I managed the Omidyar Network’s anchor equity investment into the first close of the…
Options for Engagement with Early Stage Social / Impact Enterprises in India
Date: 2014 | Country: India | Sector: Social/Impact Enterprise | Client: US foundation A key issue in impact investing is confusion over the life stage of “social” or impact enterprises at which investors should engage with them. Although…
Increasing Unrestricted Fundraising for Charity
Date: 2014 | Country: Global | Sector: Charity | Client: Global Humanitarian NGO While major charities are generally successful in raising large amounts in “restricted” funding – that is, funding tied to specific programmes that they run on…
World Bank Development Marketplace / Tides Foundation
Date: 2013/14 | Country: N/A | Sector: Social Enterprise | Clients: World Bank Development Marketplace and Tides Foundation Via exposure to a “real-life” fundraising mandate, we assisted the World Bank Development Marketplace…
Options for Effective Intermediation of Social Businesses
Date: 2012 | Countries: Egypt, India, E Africa | Sector: Social Enterprises | Client: World Bank Development Marketplace The Development Marketplace (DM) is a competitive grant program that identifies and funds innovative, early stage development…
d.light Design
Date: 2013 | Country: Global | Sector: Clean Energy | Amount in USD: Not Disclosed | Client: d.light Design We assisted d.light, the global market leader in domestic off grid solar lighting for the BOP, to…
NGO Microfinance Exits
Date: In progress, 2014 | Country: 3 countries in E Europe / Middle East | Sector: Microfinance | Amount in USD: Not Disclosed | Client: Global NGO Under this mandate I have been advising a global NGO on responsible…