Financial Inclusion Week 2022 | FinDev Gateway | 16 October 2022 | Online

This event is an annual gathering of the global community working to advance inclusive finance. The four-day virtual event is a forum for exchanging ideas, research, and perspectives from around the world. The event convenes FIW each year and invites partner organizations to showcase work, share ideas on what’s ahead, network with others, and more. The community-driven agenda covers the most pressing topics in our space, helping to inform and advise global efforts to advance inclusive finance.

2022 Speakers

Mayada El-Zoghbi
Managing Director, Center for Financial Inclusion

Christabell Makokha
Senior Director of Innovation, CARE USA

Mehr Shah
Director Knowledge Management & Communications, Karandaaz Pakistan

Neli Esipova
CEO, Multicultural Insights

Pablo García Arabéhéty
International expert in payments and financial market infrastructure

Sahar Tieby
Senior Financial Sector Advisor, FinDev Arabic Platform

Evelyn Stark
VP Knowledge and Programs, Center for Financial Inclusion

Michael Schlein
President and CEO, Accion

Andrew Torre
Regional President of Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa (CEMEA), Visa

Jean Pesme
Global Director, Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation, The World Bank Group

Juliet Anammah
Chairwoman of Jumia Nigeria and Group Chief Sustainability Officer
Chairwoman, Jumia Nigeria

Sophie Sirtaine
Chief Executive Officer, CGAP

Annabel Schiff
Program Director of Strive Community, Caribou Digital

Lucinda Revell
Co-Founder, Boost Capital

Suzy Ferreira
Founder & CEO, Dinie

Lindsey Marchessault
Director for Data and Engagement, Open Contracting Partnership

Koye Oyeyinka
Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer, Boost Nigeria

Alexandra Rizzi
Senior Research Director
Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion

Marc Placzek
Chief Privacy Officer, Data Management and Privacy Oversight, PayPal

Kevin Mutiso
Chairman of the Board, The Digital Financial Services Association of Kenya

Thea Anderson
Director, Responsible Technology, Omidyar Network

Udbhav Tiwari
Head of Global Product Policy, Mozilla

Justin Schwartz
Managing Partner, IMPAQTO Capital

Natalie Vergara Giron
Head of Platform, Mercy Corps Ventures

Carolyn Han
Portfolio Manager, MCE Social Capital

Carolina Lobo-Guerrero
CFO, Viwala

Cheryl Harrison
Deputy Director, Cash-Based Transfers, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Desire Bahali Mbwire
Coordinator of Digital Champions and Super Agent, Nakivale Refugees Settlement

Agnes Mukandekezi
Branch Manager, Opportunity Bank

Enas Halaiqah
Senior Knowledge and Business Analytics Manager, Jordan Payments and Clearing Company (JoPACC)

Judith Agaba Kiiza
Program Policy Officer, World Food Programme (WFP)

Graham Wright
Group Managing Director, MicroSave

Maelis Carraro
Managing Principal Consultant & Director, Catalyst Fund

Sarah Willis Ertur
Executive Director, Head of Financial Health, JPMorgan Chase Global Philanthropy

Priyanka Chopra Agarwal
COO and Managing Partner Seed Investing, Ciie.co

Smit Gade
Associate Director - Research and Data, Good Business Lab

Halima Iqbal
CEO, Oraan

Kazim Rizvi
Founding Director, The Dialogue

Satyavrat KK
Communications Manager, Good Business Lab

Varun Aggarwal
Co-Founder, Chalo Network

Abhinav Sinha
Co-Founder, EKO

Sumita Kale
Advisor, Indicus Action

Sunil Kulkarni
CEO, Business Correspondent Federation of India

Roshaneh Zafar
Founder and Managing Director, Kashf Foundation

Mudassar Aqil
Chief Executive Officer, Telenor Microfinance Bank & Easy Pasia

Maria Umer
Founder and President, Women's Digital League

Khalid Kabir
Chief Executive Officer, Vitas Group

Eric Duflos
Senior Financial Sector Specialist - Consumer Protection Lead, CGAP

Sheila Senfuma Nakanyike
Head of Programme - Digital Finance, Sheila Senfuma

Seema Shandil
CEO, Consumer Council of Fiji

Saroja Sundaram
Executive Director, Citizen Consumer and Civic Action Group (CAG)

Sitara Merchant
Chief Executive Officer, SCBF

Elias Omondi
Senior Manager - Risk Regulations, FSD Africa

Solène Favre
Global Insurance Director, Vision Fund International

Frank Komla Alornu
Chief Executive Officer, VisionFund Ghana

Gilles Renouil
Insurance Director, Women's World Banking

Garance Wattez-Richard
Head of AXA Emerging Customers, AXA

Rachel Schneider
Founder and CEO, Canary

Marie Degrand-Guillaud
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Nickel

Taejun Shin
Founder and CEO, Gojo & Company

Songbae Lee
Agricultural Finance Team Lead, USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (RFS)

Devin Olmack
Manager, 60 Decibels

Mitzi Perez Padilla
Evaluation Officer, FMO

Fanny Serre
Group Head of Clients & Impact, Advans Group

Esther Njoroge
Fund Management: MASSIF Fund, FMO

Amelia Greenberg
Deputy Director, Social Performance Task Force (SPTF)

Anup Singh
Regional Head - Anglophone Africa, MicroSave

Ben Wallingford
Investment Manager - Africa, Incofin Investment Management

Michaella Allen
Senior Associate, Cenfri

Bejoy Das Gupta
Chief Economist, eCurrency

Isaiah Owolabi
CEO, EFINA

Stephen Abah - Moderator
Group Head, Financial Inclusion & Business Development, KIPPA

Dipo Alabede
Chief Executive Officer, Clane

Chinasa Collins-Ogbuo
Head, Inclusion for all Advocacy, Initiative

Oluwaseun Adesanya
Chief Information Officer & Digital Financial Services, IntelYtics

Onayemi Adedoyin
Country Manager, Money in Minutes

Jacques AFETOR
Executive Director, MFI Assilassimé Solidarité -Togo

Emmanuel Vuillod
Investment officer, SIDI – France

Nadia Ouriemchi
Senior Project Manager, ADA - Luxembourg

Renée CHAO-BEROFF
Managing Director, Pamiga Finance SA, France

Isaiah Owolabi
CEO, EFINA

Nikki Kettles
Executive Head of Programmes, FINMARK TRUST

Esselina Macome
CEO, FSD Mozambique

Jackie Kitiibwa
Digital Economy Lead, FSD Uganda

Tolulope Babajide
Gender Manager, FSD Network

Babak Abbaszadeh
President and CEO, Toronto Centre

Sima Kamil
Deputy Governor, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)

Anita Bhatia
Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, UN Women

Ratna Sahay
Senior Advisor on Gender in the Office of the Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Aurora Ferrari
Adviser to the EFI Vice President, World Bank

Raphael Lekolool
Managing Director, Kenya Post Office Savings Bank (KPOSB)

Antonique Koning
Gender lead, CGAP

Fabian Kasi
Managing Director, Centenary Bank Uganda

Dorcas Thorpe
Head of Corporate, LAPO Microfinance Bank Nigeria

Dr. Peter Kamunyo
CEO, National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF)

Dr. Ntuli Kapologwe
Director Health Unit, President's Office - Tanzania

Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye
CEO, National Health Insurance Agency (NHIA)

Prof Mohammed Nasir Sambo
CEO, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)

Dr Nicole Spieker
CEO, PharmAccess

Edoardo Totolo
VP Research, CFI

Gabriela Zapata
Independent Consultant, Financial Inclusion & Financial Health

Gayatri Murthy
Financial Sector Specialist, CGAP

Saurabh Sharma
Director, Emerging Consumers at Britam

Niladri Roy
Chief Operating Officer, Little App

Marissa Dean
Digital Economy Consultant, Caribou Digital

Daniel Waldron
Head of Insights, Acumen

Marsida Rada
Technical Advisor, Energising Development (EnDev), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Alison Boess
Head of Credit Operations, ENGIE Energy Access

Nick Hughes
Co-Founder, 4R Digital

Tim Rann
Managing Partner, CIFAR Carbon Finance Working Group Co-lead
Mercy Corps Ventures

Jane Del Ser
Principal Consultant, CIFAR Carbon Finance Working Group Co-lead
BFA Global

Floor Overbeeke
Director of Global Regenerative Business, TechnoServe

Angelo Kalaw
Partner, Research and Innovation
Celo Foundation

Ashley Taylor
Founder and Principal, ReSource Network

Gabriela Chang
CSO and cofounder, EthicHub

Hans Frech La Rosa
Senior Behavioral Researcher, Common Cents Lab

Luz Gomez
Vice President, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Shalini Sankaranarayanan
Co-founder and CEO, Omnis Finclusion Foundation

Rodrigo Garcia
Co-founder, Omnis Finclusion Foundation

Miguel Navarro
CEO, ODEF Financiera, S.A.

Mo Harvey
Founder & CEO, Tribe Fintech

Rachel Freeman
Chief Growth Officer, Tyme Group

Shane Nichols
CEO, Good Return

Fifi Rashando
Impact Investment Manager, Good Return

Fika Rahimah
Head of Impact and Sustainability, CROWDE

Paul Surreaux
Head of Credit Plus Department, Chamroeun Microfinance plc, Cambodia

Alison Thornburn
Social Impact Field Support Officer, Good Return

Micol Pistelli
Sr Financial Inclusion Coordinator, UNHCR

Howard Miller
Research Director, Climate, Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI)

Benedito Murambire
Investment Manager, FSD Mozambique

Carlos Arango
Director Economic Resilience, Rare

Bijal Brahmbhatt
Director, Mahila Housing SEWA Trust

David Porteous
CEO, Integral: Governance Solutions

Lauren Muusse
Investor Engagement Lead, World Benchmarking Alliance

Daniel Adereti
COO, Pezesha

Nicola Galombik
Executive Director, Yellowwoods Holdings

MC Hammersmith
Hip hop comedian

Mayada El-Zoghbi
Managing Director, Center for Financial Inclusion