CALMEADOW ORGANIZATION
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Board Members
Alejandro “Alex” Silva, President of the Board, Founding Partner of Omtrix.
Elisabeth Rhyne, Senior VP,
Policy and Research & Development, ACCIÓN International.
Ms. Rhyne directs ACCION's research efforts to develop new financial products
for the poor and leads ACCION’s microfinance industry development
activities. She oversees ACCION’s publications and educational activities.
Ms. Rhyne previously worked as the director of the Office of Microenterprise
Development with USAID and as an independent consultant in Mozambique.
Jose Siman, Independent Consultant.
Mr. Siman serves as a director or advisor for a number of social and commercial
organizations, current roles include: Director of the National Board,
INCAE Business School, El Salvador, Board member of the Human Development
Report initiative of the UNDP (2001 – 2008), Secretary of the Enterprise
Council on Sustainable Development, and a consultant to various international
organizations, private enterprises, and governments. Mr. Siman has also
been a guest scholar at numerous institutions of higher learning and policy
institutes such as the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
in Washington D.C., the Institute of Latin American Studies at La Trobe
University in Australia, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Mr. Siman was also a philosophy professor at the University of Central
America, has served as a board member for various private development
enterprises, and received the Order of Civil Merit from the king of Spain
in 2005.
Damian von Stauffenberg, Founder
and Principal, MicroRate.
Mr. von Stauffenberg founded MicroRate, [link] the first rating agency
for microfinance institutions. MicroRate was designed to provide transparency
to the microfinance industry and thereby attract commercial funding sources
to microfinance. Mr. von Stauffenberg has had a long and successful career
with the World Bank and its private sector affiliate, the International
Finance Corporation (IFC).
Juan Carlos Pereira, Manager of ELF and STLF, Partner of Omtrix.
Management
Alex Silva
Georgina
Vasquez
Financials
Calmeadow’s financial information
is available upon request.
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