SPBD Microfinance Holdings (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. Board
Greg Casagrande
Greg is a serial social entrepreneur and founded SPBD Microfinance Network in 2000 with its first entity in Samoa, and further expanded to Tonga, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
Ron Bevacqua
Ron has more than 30 years of experience in banking and finance in Asia.
Elizabeth Funk
Elizabeth is the Founder and CEO of DignityMoves, an innovative new nonprofit dedicated to ending unsheltered homelessness using private-sector practical approaches.
Steve Mitchell
Steve has over 40 years of domestic and international finance experience and has worked extensively in the private sector for major U.S. financial and public accounting institutions, including U.S. Bank and Price Waterhouse.
Clay O’Brien
Clay has worked as an Advisor on Financial Inclusion, Microfinance and International Development for nearly 25 years.
Wu Pei Ngee Penny
Penny has over 20 years of experience in the field of corporate secretarial and legal services and is the founder of Lexlink Pte Ltd.
Ed Horton
Ed is a retired Certified Public Accountant who enjoyed a 45-year career in the world of public accounting.
Mark Talbot
Mark is an experienced Board Advisor & virtual CFO based in Auckland, New Zealand.
SPBD MFI Board of Directors
Greg Casagrande
SPBD Samoa, SPBD Tonga, SPBD Fiji, SPBD Vanuatu & SPBD Solomon Islands
Greg is a serial social entrepreneur and founded SPBD Microfinance Network in 2000 with its first entity in Samoa, and further expanded to Tonga, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
Kristen Castel
SPBD Tonga
Kristen believes in microfinance as a way to change the world by empowering women to take their destiny in their own hands.
Bill Hamlen
SPBD Fiji
Bill, a graduate from Darthmouth College (1984) joined Drexel Burnham’s commodity division and spent the next 31 years trading oil and energy derivatives at various companies including Rafferty Associates, United Energy and Westport Petroleum, Inc.
Duncan Ledwith
SPBD Vanuatu
Duncan brings a wealth of professional and international experience and passion for our microfinance work.
Lorraine Seeto
SPBD Fiji
Lorraine serves as a Director on the board of SPBD Fiji. She has wealth of experience as a seasoned banker in Fiji.
James Young
SPBD Samoa & SPBD Fiji
Jim is an investment analyst at West Family Investments, a private family office, in Evanston, IL.
Mark Talbot
SPBD Solomon Islands
Mark is an experienced Board Advisor & virtual CFO based in Auckland, New Zealand.
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