We staff a client project with a Client Liaison, Senior Analyst, a Project Manager and Customer Service representatives from the region. Each member of the team combines industry expertise with a keen understanding of the culture, the lifestyle, consumption pattern and structure of rural households.
1. Ajaita Shah, Client Liaison, is the Founder of Frontier Markets. She has 4 years of microfinance experience as a Credit Plus Manager at Ujjivan Financial Services, and Director for Swayam Krishi Sangam (SKS). She has consulted with leading MFI organizations, foundations, and universities about microfinance in Latin America and South Asia. She has her B.A. in International Relations and International Development from Tufts University.
2. Caren Rabbino, Senior Analyst, is a seasoned entrepreneur and principal of her own consulting practice in New York City. She has brought her extensive experience in strategic planning and managing operations to more than fifty businesses and non-profit institutions in the U.S. and Latin America. Ms. Rabbino received an M.P.S. degree from New York University (in 2000); both an M.A. (in 1984) and a B.A. (in 1982) from the University of Pennsylvania.
3. Manu Sharma, Project Manager, is a researcher and field practitioner in the arena of finance and international development. She has two years of experience working as a hedge-fund analyst in New York as well as two years of microfinance experience in India working with Intellecap and ACCESS Development Services. Ms. Sharma holds a B.A. in Economics and English from Barnard College, Columbia University.
4. Firdush and Salma - Field Staff - local trained marketers who are enthusiastic and well trained in Frontier Markets principles and strategy. Originally from Devangere, Karnataka are commited to social engagement and speak Hindi, English, and Kannada.
Our Partner
Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt Ltd. is a microfinance company based out of Bangalore, India. Founded in 2001 by Samit Ghosh, Ujjivan is one of the fastest growing and innovative Non-Banking Financial Companies in India. Ujjivan is present in 12 states in India including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Orissa, Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh, Uttarkhand, New Delhi, Maharashtra, and Chennai. To date, Ujjivan has disbursed over Rs. 4,754 million to over 400,000 customers with 202 branches across India and plans to expand nationally to serve 2,000,000 customers in 500 branches by 2010.
Samit Ghosh, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, pioneered consumer banking in India with Ravindra Bahl and Jaitirth Rao at Citibank in 1985. He subsequently led the launch of retail banking for Standard Chartered in the Middle East and South Asia and for HDFC Bank in India. His last commercial assignment was Chief Executive, India of Bank Muscat. He has had international banking experience for over thirty years. He is an alumnus of Jadavpur University and the Wharton School.
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