Mr. Xavier Reille, Senior
Microfinance Specialist /Industry Team
Leader
Consultative Group to
Assist the Poor (CGAP), United States
Xavier Reille, senior
microfinance specialist at Consultative
Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), is the
leader of the Microfinance Industry Team
and is responsible for the Middle East
North Africa region. Reille is also the
manager of the Microfinance Gateway and
the chairman of the Microfinance
Information eXchange (MIX), the global
benchmarking and reporting platform of
the microfinance industry.
Before joining CGAP in
1999, Reille worked with Catholic Relief
Services (CRS) where he was the regional
adviser for Southeast Asia. During his
three-year assignment with CRS, he set
up a major investment company for rural
banks in Indonesia and developed a
rating methodology for these banks.
Prior to CRS, he was operations director
at Société d'Investissement et de
Développement International (SIDI) where
he played a role in the creation of
Profund, an equity fund for microfinance
institutions in South America, and the
development of Centenary Bank, a
commercial bank in Uganda. Reille has a
master's degree in international finance
from the University of Paris. |
