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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

NMB boss named on global women’s banking board of trustees

DAILY NEWS Reporter
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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