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Grameen Foundation : Who we are : Our People : Board Members : Rosanna Ramos-Velita

Rosanna Ramos-Velita, Treasurer

Rosanna Ramos-Velita has over twenty years of experience in international finance and technology development. She has held leadership positions in global consumer banking, Latin America investment banking and microelectronics design and business developmentAs Senior Executive at Citigroup, she was CFO of Global Marketing and Director of Strategic Initiatives for the Global Consumer Group, Citigroup’s largest business worldwide. As Investment Banker at Bankers Trust and UBS, she lead and participated in key Latin American M&A and Capital Market transactions such as the IPO of Unibanco in Brazil and the Privatization of Venezuela's telecommunications company. Previously, she also held senior engineering positions at AT&T MicroelectronicsDuring the past five years, she has been involved and actively participated in Microfinance. She is currently Member of the Board of Directors, Treasurer and Chair of the Latin American and Caribbean Advisory Council of Grameen Foundation, a leading global microfinance organization founded by Dr. Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient

Most recently, she was invited to join and currently serves as Member of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Innovative Financing Advisory Group Rosanna Ramos-Velita holds an MBA from the Wharton School, an MA in International Business from The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of the University of Pennsylvania, an MS in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of North Dakota. She is and undergraduate fellow of the Institute of International Education.



Grameen Foundation : Who we are : Our People : Board Members : Rosanna Ramos-Velita

- Grameen Foundation - Grameen Foundation uses microfinance and innovative technology to fight global poverty and bring opportunities to the world's poorest people. With tiny loans and financial services, we help the poor, mostly women, start businesses and escape poverty. Our global network of 55 microfinance institution (MFI) partners including our Growth Guarantee partners has touched more than 34 million people in 24 countries. In addition, we introduced and now sustain technology initiatives (Mifos and Village Phone) in Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda, bringing our total country outreach to 28.

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