THE National Microfinance Bank (NMB) Managing Director, Ms Ineke Bussemaker has been named to the Board of Trustees of global nonprofit Women’s World Banking.
The NMB boss joins leaders in financial
services, business leadership and investing to advise global nonprofit
devoted to giving more low-income women access to financial services.
The President and Chief Executive
officer of Women’s World Banking, Ms Mary Ellen Iskenderian, said in a
statement that the NMB boss joins a group of global leaders advising
Women’s World Banking in its mission to ensure women and girls have
access to the financial tools and resources they require to achieve
security and prosperity.
“Ineke and her team at NMB are valued
partners for Women’s World Banking in their mission to serve women and
girls with innovative financial products. Through this partnership,
Ineke has already become a close ally and advisor to Women’s World
Banking mission,” she said.
She added, “We’re thrilled to formalise
this role and welcome her to the Board of Trustees,” Ms Bussemaker
shepherded a strong partnership between Women’s World Banking and NMB,
in which the two organizations are working together to develop products
for women and girls across Tanzania.
Ms Bussemaker is a strong advocate of
digital financial services and financial inclusion both are core to the
strategy of NMB. Ms Bussemaker has 30 years of experience in banking
having held senior positions in corporate banking, as a country manager,
in e-solutions and in transaction banking with Citigroup and ABN AMRO.
Prior to starting her current position
with NMB in 2015, Ms Bussemaker was Head of Payment Services &
Savings for Rabobank in The Netherlands. She has also worked in the UK,
Denmark and Ireland. “I am excited about being able to contribute to
Women’s World Banking as a Board member.
I am particularly keen to focus on
digital financial services. They are not the future, they are here today
and the best and only way forward to provide affordable financial
services to women in a scalable manner,” said Mr Bussemaker.
Ms Bussemaker joins three other new
members of the Board including Mr Uzoma Dozie, CEO Diamond Bank PLC of
Nigeria, Dr Frannie Léautier, Senior Vice-President of the African
Development Bank in Côte d’Ivoire and Dr Michael Useem, Professor of
Management and Director of the Center for Leadership and Change
Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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