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Michaël de Groot

Senior manager Latin America

Michaël joined Rabobank Foundation in December 1994 after his return from Sudan where he had been doing volunteer work in community exchange projects and informal microfinance schemes. Before going to Africa he had spent three years with NMB Bank (now ING) where he was engaged in loan risk management of international loans. The last six years he has been working as a senior manager with Rabobank Foundation concentrating mainly on Latin America. Beside these activities  he is a member of teams engaged in the development of social ethical investment funds, sustainable green funds, and micro-finance loans in LDCs.

Michaël has significant international experience in co-operative savings and credit systems, village banking and a variety of other types of microfinance institutions with a wide knowledge of issues such as: strategy formulation and (re)positioning, organisational issues, savings and loan policies, membership development, new product design and institution building. He is responsible for major programmes in Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico. He conducts seminars and trainings.

Michaël holds a Masters degree in economics from the Free University of Amsterdam. He speaks English, Dutch, German and Spanish. In addition to his work Michaël is actively engaged in Dutch development co-operation networks. In his spare time he enjoys dancing, motorcycling, cycling and running.
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