Leadership

Medha Wilson

Group Chief Executive Officer

Medha Wilson is the Chief Executive Officer at MicroLoan Foundation. In her current role she oversees the activities of MicroLoan’s operations in Africa and is responsible for developing the overall strategy of the Group. She serves on the board of the three MicroLoan subsidiaries in Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Medha has extensive experience in financial inclusion in both senior operational and investment management roles in emerging and frontier markets, across Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Her expertise also includes establishing and scaling-up of greenfield operations, turnaround of struggling entities and governance. She also has considerable experience in engaging with a broad range of social and impact investors.

Medha is a Qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a degree in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from The London School of Economics.

Mateo Zanetic

Regional Director and Chief Executive Officer Zimbabwe

Mateo Zanetic is the Regional Director of MicroLoan Foundation. In his current role he is responsible for operations management, which includes providing hands-on support to MLF CEOs in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Mateo serves on all three MLF subsidiaries. His responsibilities include providing guidance and troubleshooting in areas related to expansion to new operational areas and products, development of annual budgets and setting of performance targets for operational staff. Mateo heads the Social Performance Management function and is responsible for developing the evolving SPM framework and the reporting of SPM findings to both internal and external stakeholders. Currently, Mateo also serves as a CEO of MLF Zimbabwe.

Mateo has an extensive background in microfinance operations in Southern Africa, specifically in scale-up of activities, integrating social performance in operational decision-making and in people management.

He holds a degree in Management Accounting and Corporate Finance from Wits University.

Jack Ngoma

Chief Executive Officer Zambia

Jack Ngoma is Chief Executive Officer of MicroLoan Foundation Zambia. In his current role he is responsible for implementing strategic plans for Zambia operations, identifying partnership opportunities, and developing the local team.

Jack has vast experience in the microfinance sector. Prior to joining MicroLoan, he worked with a leading commercial microfinance institution in Zambia. Jack first joined MicroLoan in 2009 as the Finance Manager for Zambia before spending some time with our Malawian operation in 2013. Jack returned to Zambia and was appointed Chief Financial Officer, where he played a key role in the in the growth of the operations. He was promoted to his current role in 2018.

He is a chartered certified accountant, a member of the ACCA, has a BSc in accounting from Oxford Brookes university and is currently completing an MBA in finance with the University of London.

Davison Rakasi

Chief Executive Officer Malawi

Davison is an accomplished executive with over 15 years’ experience in banking and microfinance. Davison is currently the Chief Executive Officer at MicroLoan Foundation Malawi. Prior to joining MicroLoan Foundation, Davison worked as Interim CEO at a microfinance organisation after gaining significant exposure to operations, technology deployment, sales & marketing, strategy development, and project management in his previous role as Chief Operations Officer.

In his career to date, Davison has held various roles where he was responsible for leading initiatives that strengthened organisational risk management and compliance, as well as customer acquisition and retention. Davison holds a BSc in Accounting and an MBA from Malawi Institute of Management.

David McCrossan

Group Chief Financial Officer

David McCrossan is MicroLoan’s Chief Financial Officer and oversees the group’s finance and treasury functions.

He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and previously a senior manager at BDO LLP, where he had responsibility for a diverse portfolio of national and international clients across a variety of sectors. David developed a passion for the third sector during his time at BDO and has increasingly specialised in helping such organisations manage their operations and compliance responsibilities effectively. He brings to MicroLoan extensive experience in both financial and general management and a track record of delivering growth and impact through process improvements, efficiency and innovation.

Malin Rosenkvist

Director of Fundraising & Communications

Malin is Director of Fundraising & Communications at MicroLoan, responsible for managing relationships with high-value individual donors, ensuring that they have full insight into the impact of their philanthropic giving.

She brings ten years of experience in business development and fundraising in the international development sector to this role. Prior to joining MicroLoan, Malin worked with numerous charities focusing on education and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa. Her expertise is major gifts, and she has a track record of setting up successful major donor programmes and developing impactful corporate partnerships.

In this role Malin also develops tailor-made partnerships, events and employee engagement opportunities for corporate funders to maximise the mutual benefits.

Malin has a degree in International Politics and Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and has lived, worked and travelled extensively in sub-Saharan Africa.

Dr Mick Jackson

Chairman

Mick became part of the MicroLoan family in 2019 when MicroLoan merged with the WildHearts Foundation. WildHearts and MicroLoan now share a board of trustees, of which Mick serves as the chairman.

He is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of the WildHearts Group, – a portfolio of B2B social businesses committed to creating global social change. The profits from WildHearts companies support the work of the Foundation. Mick has been recognised globally for his work. He is the second only recipient of the highly prestigious Babson Social Innovation Award from the world’s top school in entrepreneurship and an EY Entrepreneur of the Year. WildHearts was also voted the Social Enterprise UK’s People Choice by the UK public.

Mick is a passionate advocate for financial inclusion. Bringing this passion and drive will help MicroLoan achieve greater social impact and contribute to our goal of transforming 1 million lives every year.

Bernice Dunsmuir

Trustee

Bernice is a corporate lawyer by background, having spent over 10 years with top law firms advising companies on a wide range of transactions, including M&A, listing on the London Stock Exchange and joint ventures. More recently she has specialised in corporate governance and runs her own consultancy, advising boards on board effectiveness. She is also active in the legal and professional development of lawyers.

Steve Stolliday

Trustee

Steve is an experienced financial investment professional with a background in Private Equity, Corporate Finance, Business Turnarounds, Portfolio and Asset Management and Special Situations investing. He was previously Head of the Special Operations Unit at the African Development Bank (‘AfDB’) based in Abidjan until early 2022, investing and divesting in complex projects across the African continent. He was a member of AfDB’s Credit Risk Committee from 2016 until 2022.

Steve was formerly an investment executive at the Development Bank of Wales, investing in equity and development finance deals with SMEs across Wales. Prior to this, he has been a director of several major Emerging Markets funds including the Commonwealth Development Corporation (‘CDC’), Actis, Aureos Capital and also previously the Chief Investment Officer for the CITIC Kazyna Private Equity Investment Fund in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, having trained at Price Waterhouse in London and he has lived and worked overseas for the last 15 years in Africa, Singapore, China, Philippines and Kazakhstan.

Steve Marshall

Trustee

Steven Marshall is CAB’s Chief Product and Network Officer and a member of the Executive Committee. Steven began his career at CAB in 2016 as the Head of Payments and Cash Management. He was promoted in 2017 to Chief Commercial Officer before undertaking this newly created strategic role in line with the bank’s digital transformation.

Having spent 20 years working in transaction banking and fintech, Steven has particular expertise in emerging and frontier financial markets. His career to date has included leadership roles at Standard Chartered Bank and The United Nations Migration Agency. Steven started his career on Barclays Bank’s graduate Leadership Programme, undertaking placements within the Large Corporate Sales and Corporate Debt Recovery teams and had an impressive career at the bank, including being Relationship Director for the Multinational Corporate team.

A University of Glasgow alumnus, Steven studied medical biochemistry and also completed a masters in immunopharmacology at the University of Strathclyde.

Steven is passionate about improving the lives of people around the world by providing access to the resources and services they need to succeed. With that in mind, in his spare time, Steven is not just a Trustee of MicroLoan Foundation but also of United Purpose, a charity focused on taking people beyond aid.

Peter Ryan

Founder

Peter Ryan is the founder of MicroLoan Foundation. He spent much of his early career in marketing and setting up production for consumer goods, including ‘Old Spice’ ‘Imperial Leather Soap’ and ‘Duracell’, in Africa and parts of Europe.

His time spent travelling and working in Africa led Peter to look into ways business could support those living in poverty. In 1997 Peter visited the Philippines with a former college friend who was running a charity supporting some of the poorest people in the country. This visit sparked an interest to do more and by 1998 the idea for MicroLoan Foundation was born. Over the next four years Peter began fundraising and developing a strategy for operations. The first loans and training were made to women in Malawi in 2002.

Peter is a frequent speaker on microfinance, with a special interest in Africa and blending the need for financial professionalism and social change. He has a degree in International Marketing for Greenwich University.