Thao Hong is Program Officer leading country and donor alignment advocacy for the Financial Services for the Poor team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Thao previously held positions in commercial aircraft sales, brand marketing, and international strategy at Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Prior to joining the private sector, Thao was a Foreign Service Officer […]

Megan O’Donnell is the Assistant Director of the Centre for Global Development’s gender program and a senior policy analyst. She works on issues related to women’s economic empowerment and financial inclusion, gender data and measurement, and development effectiveness. Previously, Megan worked at the ONE Campaign and also coordinated CGD’s gender research programme. Megan has worked […]

Ann Katsiak is the Vice President of the Economic Engagement and Private Sector Development at Nathan Associates, where she manages a portfolio of over US$55 million. She also serves as Chief of Party for the US-Support for Economic Growth in Asia (US-SEGA) project and works closely with a range of partners to develop policy programs […]

Christian Pennotti is a Senior Director for Market-Based Approaches at CARE. An experienced manager with a record of innovation, Christian’s career has focused on advancing economic development and financial inclusion with a particular focus on gender equity. In his current role, Christian leads the global scale-up of CARE’s proven savings group model, aiming to reach […]

Jessamyn O. Encarnacion is the Inter-Regional Advisor on Gender Statistics for UN Women’s global gender data programme, Making Every Woman and Girl Count, who is instrumental in implementing the technical and substantive work of the programme. Before joining UN Women, she worked for more than 18 years in the Philippines Statistical System. For Jessa, counting […]

Antonique Koning has more than 20 years of experience working on a range of topics related to microfinance and financial inclusion and currently serves as CGAP’s Gender Lead. Antonique has expertise in consumer protection and responsible finance, customer centricity and empowerment. She is also involved in CGAP’s member engagement. Antonique led CGAP’s work on customer protection and […]