List of Participants

Chandula ABEYWICKREMA

Deputy General Manager

Hatton National Bank Ltd.

Personal Banking & Network Management

 

Jaime Aristotle ALIP

Founder and CARD MRI Managing Director

CARD MRI

 

Mukul ASHER

Professor

National University of Singapore

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

 

René AZOKLI

Managing Director

PADME

 

Christina BARRINEAU

Managing Director

Financial Access Initiative

New York University

Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

 

Jim BENNETT

Senior Research Fellow

Institute for Public Policy Research

 

Paula BENNETT

Director

Corporate Citizenship

Citi Asia Pacific

 

Jeroo BILLIMORIA

Executive Director

Aflatoun, Child Savings International

 

Carolyn BLACKLOCK

Regional Executive, Banking the Unbanked in the Pacific

Banking the Unbanked, ANZ Bank

 

Ray BOSHARA

Vice President and Director, Asset Building Program

New America Foundation

 

Gina CHOWA

Project Manager

Center for Social Development

Brown School of Social Work

Washington University

 

Robert CHRISTEN

Director, Financial Services for the Poor

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

 

Alex COUNTS

President

Grameen Foundation

 

Frank DEGIOVANNI

Director

Ford Foundation

Economic Development, Asset Building and Community Development Program

 

Murli DESAI

Senior Visiting Fellow

National University of Singapore

Department of Social Work

 

Thomas EASTON

Asia Business Editor

The Economist

 

Amy FELDMAN

Program Officer

Citi Foundation

 

Robert FRIEDMAN

Founder and General Counsel

Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED)

 

GAO Jianguo

Professor and Chair

Shandong University

Department of Social Work

 

Chang-Keun HAN

Research Associate

Center for Social Development

Brown School of Social Work

Washington University

 

Mary Ellen ISKENDERIAN

President and CEO

Women’s World Banking

 

Roy JACOBOWITZ

Senior Vice President, Program Development

ACCION International

 

Dean KARLAN

Assistant Professor of Economics, President and Founder of Innovations for Poverty Action

Yale University

Institution for Social & Policy Studies

 

Elaine KEMPSON

Professor of Personal Finance and Social Policy Research

Director, Personal Finance Research Centre

University of Bristol

School of Geographical Sciences

 

KOH Noi Keng

Lecturer

National Institute of Education

Humanities & Social Studies Education

 

KHOO Teng Seong

Director of Housing Administration

Housing and Development Board

Republic of Singapore

 

Anil KUMAR SG

Head - Emerging MFIs Team

ICICI Bank Ltd.

 

Daniel LEE

Senior Manager

Levi Strauss Foundation

Asia Pacific and Africa

 

LEE Kim Hua

Director

Ministry of Community Development and Sports

Family Services Division

Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports

Republic of Singapore

 

LIEW Heng San

Chief Executive Officer

Central Provident Fund Board

Republic of Singapore

 

LIU Thai-Ker

Director, RSP Architects Planners & Engineers

RSP Architects Planners & Engineers Pte Ltd.

 

Vernon LOKE

Research Associate

Center for Social Development

Brown School of Social Work

Washington University

 

Denise LOW

Deputy Director (Social Assistance)

Ministry of Community Development and Sports

Comm Care and Social Support Division

Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports

Republic of Singapore

 

Erin LYON

Director

CSR Asia

 

Vijay MAHAJAN

Chairman

BASIX

 

Mohamad MALIKI Osman

Parliamentary Secretary

Ministry of National Development

Republic of Singapore

 

Kate MCKEE

Senior Advisor on Policy, Poverty Outreach and Aid Effectiveness

Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)

World Bank

 

Walter Russell MEAD

Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy

Council on Foreign Relations

 

Leslie MEEK

Senior Program Officer

Citi Foundation

 

Stephen MONAGHAN

Head- Consumer Finance

OCBC Bank

 

Israel MORENO-BARCELÓ

General Manager

Patrimonio Hoy - CEMEX

 

Inez MURRAY

Senior Manager, Strategy and Customer Insight

Women’s World Banking

 

Sudha NAIR

Assistant Professor

National University of Singapore

Department of Social Work

 

Gida NAKAZIBWE-SEKANDI

Executive Director

Capricorn Investment Holdings

Group Corporate Marketing and Communication Services

 

Yunju NAM

Assistant Professor

Center for Social Development

Brown School of Social Work

Washington University

 

NG Guat Tin

Assistant Professor

National University of Singapore

Department of Social Work

 

NGIAM Tee Liang

Associate Professor/Head

National University of Singapore

Department of Social Work

 

Melvin OLIVER

Professor and Dean of Social Sciences

University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Luis PORTILLA POULIOT

Director of Strategic Alliances

Seguros Banamex

Direccion Comercial

 

Alok PRASAD

Business Manager

Citi India

Microfinance Group

 

Adam RAHMAN

Director

Corporate Affairs

Citi Singapore

 

Dennis RIPLEY

Senior Vice President for Programs

Opportunity International

 

Jorge RUBIO NAVA

Director, Institutional Relationships

Citi Microfinance Group

 

Roslyn RUSSELL

Senior Research Fellow

RMIT University, Australia

School of Economics, Finance and Marketing

RMIT University

 

Stuart RUTHERFORD

Chairman

SafeSave Bangladesh

 

Rupert SCOFIELD

Executive Director

FINCA International, Inc.

 

SEAH Kwee Lim

Senior Executive

Central Provident Fund Board

Policy and Research

Republic of Singapore

 

Jennefer SEBSTAD

Independent Consultant

 

Leila SERADJ

Research Associate

New America Foundation

 

Tharman SHANMUGARATNAM

Minister for Education and Second Minister for Finance

Ministry of Finance

The Treasury

Republic of Singapore

 

Michael SHERRADEN

Director

Center for Social Development

Brown School of Social Work

Washington University

 

Penny SHONE

Managing Director

Corporate Affairs

Citi Asia Pacific

 

Timothy SIM

Assistant Professor

National University of Singapore

Department of Social Work

 

Kanwaljit SOIN

Soin Orthopaedic, Spine & Hand Surgery Pte Ltd

 

Miguel SOTO-CLASS

Executive Director

Center for a New Economy

 

Fred SSEWAMALA

Assistant Professor

Columbia University

 

Kathleen STACK

Vice President

Freedom From Hunger

 

Kate STARR

Investment Officer

FB Heron Foundation

 

Sharon TAN

Director

Levi Strauss Foundation

Asia Pacific and Africa

 

Thomas TAN Koon Peng

Deputy Director

Bank Negara Malaysia

Development Finance and Enterprise Department

 

TAN Tee How

Permanent Secretary

Ministry of National Development

Republic of Singapore

 

Jennifer TESCHER

Director

The Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI)

 

Susanna CONCORDO

Tsao Foundation

 

Brian TUCKER

Project Manager

Learning Society

 

Thierry VAN BASTELAER

Associate Vice-President and Director, Economic Opportunities Office

Save the Children

Development Programs for Children

 

S. VASOO

Associate Professorial Fellow

National University of Singapore

Department of Social Work

 

Neisa VÁSQUEZ

Research and Development Senior Manager

Pro Mujer Bolivia

 

JD VON PISCHKE

President

Frontier Finance International

 

Jayshree VYAS

Managing Director

SEWA Bank

 

Derrick WAN Yew Meng

Director

Central Provident Fund Board

Strategy Development

Republic of Singapore

 

Catherine WEIR
Managing Director
Head of ASEAN, Markets & Banking
Citi Country Officer, Singapore

 

Craig WILSON

Executive Director

The Foundation for Development Cooperation

 

Tuan YANG

Deputy Director, Centre for Social Policy Studies

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

 

Stacy YEOH

Regional Co-ordinator

Corporate Affairs

Citi Asia Pacific

 

Yatiman YUSOF

Non-Resident Ambassador to Kenya

 

Jamie ZIMMERMAN

Associate Director

New America Foundation

Global Assets Project

 

Li ZOU

Project Manager

Center for Social Development

Brown School of Social Work

Washington University