Mary Ellen Iskenderian
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Mary Ellen Iskenderian is President and CEO of Women's World Banking
since September 2006.
Prior to joining WWB, Mary Ellen was a senior manager at the International Finance Corporation
of the World Bank Group
and held leadership positions including Director of Partnership Development, Director of Global Financial Markets Portfolio and Director of the South Asia Regional Department. She currently sits on the advisory boards of the Dignity Fund and Kiva
. Prior to joining WWB, she held numerous corporate directorship positions at such institutions as ShoreCap International, an important equity and loan fund for microfinance
; Banco Caja Social; Corfinsura S.A.; and the Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation.
Ms. Iskenderian received an MBA from the Yale School of Management
and a B.S. in International Economics from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.
Women's World Banking
Women’s World Banking spcial organisation is a nonprofit organization that provides strategic support, technical assistance and information to a global network of 40 independent microfinance institutions and banks that offer credit and other financial services to low-income entrepreneurs in the...
since September 2006.
Prior to joining WWB, Mary Ellen was a senior manager at the International Finance Corporation
International Finance Corporation
The International Finance Corporation promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries.IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States....
of the World Bank Group
World Bank Group
The World Bank Group is a family of five international organizations that makes leveraged loans, generally to poor countries.The Bank came into formal existence on 27 December 1945 following international ratification of the Bretton Woods agreements, which emerged from the United Nations Monetary...
and held leadership positions including Director of Partnership Development, Director of Global Financial Markets Portfolio and Director of the South Asia Regional Department. She currently sits on the advisory boards of the Dignity Fund and Kiva
Kiva
A kiva is a room used by modern Puebloans for religious rituals, many of them associated with the kachina belief system. Among the modern Hopi and most other Pueblo peoples, kivas are square-walled and underground, and are used for spiritual ceremonies....
. Prior to joining WWB, she held numerous corporate directorship positions at such institutions as ShoreCap International, an important equity and loan fund for microfinance
Microfinance
Microfinance is the provision of financial services to low-income clients or solidarity lending groups including consumers and the self-employed, who traditionally lack access to banking and related services....
; Banco Caja Social; Corfinsura S.A.; and the Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation.
Ms. Iskenderian received an MBA from the Yale School of Management
Yale School of Management
The Yale School of Management is the graduate business school of Yale University and is located on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. The School offers Master of Business Administration and Ph.D. degree programs. As of January 2011, 454 students were enrolled in its MBA...
and a B.S. in International Economics from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.