Grameen Foundation : Resource Center : Print Newsletter : Fall 2005 : GFUSA's Staff Updates
GFUSA's New Regional Director and New Manager of Social Performance
GFUSA welcomes Ximena Arteaga, the new Regional Director for the Americas and congratulates Nigel Biggar on his new appointment as Manager of Social Performance.
Ximena Arteaga became Regional Director for the Americas in July. Ximena brings experience from FINCA International, where she promoted regulatory standards for the microfinance industry. Before FINCA, she directed the first project designed exclusively to promote savings in Bolivia’s rural areas as a senior financial analyst with the Central Bank of Bolivia. She builds on the extensive groundwork laid by the previous Regional Director, Nigel Biggar. Over five years, Nigel’s expertise and devotion to bettering other people’s lives helped lead GFUSA’s expansion into the Americas from 1 to 10 partners, now serving 92,000 clients. His personable manner has helped connect major donors to our work in the region. A strong professional interest in helping GFUSA measure its impact around the world led to Nigel becoming GFUSA’s Manager of Social Performance. He is developing standards that will help our partners track the rate at which clients cross the poverty line and perform other poverty analysis.Grameen Foundation : Resource Center : Print Newsletter : Fall 2005 : GFUSA's Staff Updates
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