12 year development professional with significant expertise in Latin America and Palestine and concentration in microfinance. In my current role I manage access to credit projects with a focus on technical assistance and training to the benefit of cooperative associations of savings and credit, mainly.I am fluent in written and spoken English, Spanish, Portuguese and an Italian mother tongue.
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 Contact Elisabetta Berto
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Area of Expertise: |
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Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural
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Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
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Private Sector, Social Enterprise, Corporate Social Responsibility
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Trade, Finance, Economics, Cooperation, Global
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Professional Experience: |
I have a demonstrated track record over 17 years in the financial sector, with a 7 year experience in the asset management industry as fund manager and risk analist, which I decided to turn more ethical chosing a master degree in finance for development. For that reason, I dedicated my last 12 years to financial inclusion and microfinance, in order to employ my knowldge for the sake of sustainable development.
I manage international access to credit projects for an Italian bank, also providing technical assistance and training to microfinance institutions, with a focus on cooperative associations of saving and credit.
My experience includes extensive travel and field work in Peru, Argentina, Ecuador, Kosovo, Paraguay, Mexico, Ghana, Palestine and Mozambique, where I have to determine feasibility, build partnerships, manage activities and projects, make assessments, design technical assistance and training, disseminate best practices, monitor activities and report, represent my company and the beneficiaries of the projects in public meetings and presentations of the outputs of the projects, apply cultural sensitivity, and have fluency in English, Spanish and Portuguese in order to be effective and produce winning deliverables.
During the management of these projects, for which my company provides the majority of the financial resources, I’m accustomed to dealing with important stakeholders, like the Central Banks of the countries where we support microfinance institutions or government institutions like in the Start Up Palestine program, where I work for the Italian Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in an Italian governement-led initiative.
The core of my experience is Latin America, where I travelled a lot and also decided to live moving to Argentina for 20 months.
The extensive knowledge I can offer is achievable only through good management skills and a team work approach, ability to handle multiple tasks on a dailiy basis and over different time zones in an indipendent way.
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Education: |
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In 1999 I got a bachelor degree in Economics of International Institutions and Pubblic Administration at Bocconi University. In 2005 I became interested in microfinance and I attended a Master in Finance for Development at Parma University, gettting the degree in March, 2007. In 2016 I got a scholarship to attend the Boulder Microfinance training program in Turin, with concentration on: strategic planning, effective marketing for microfinance institutions, Internal evaluation of governance and strategic decision-making by mfis, Managing product diversification, Powerful tools for managing growth, profitability and impact, Financial and Social performance assessment.
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
March, 9, 2017
To whom it may concern,
My name is Massimo Vita and I was Global Operations Director for MicroFinanza Rating since 2005 to 2011. Throughout that time I worked as the immediate supervisor of Ms. Elisabetta Berto.
Elisabetta worked on a project for MicroFinanza Rating during the period of October 2006 through March 2007 in order to improve the Liquidity Management Risk assessment methodology of our Rating Agency. Throughout that time I have found her to be a highly valuable and reliable person. I would highlight in particular her problem-solving ability.
She has good professional and technical skills in financial analysis. I can highly recommend her. She is honest, dedicated and manages good relationships with her colleagues. I wish Elisabetta great success in her future career endeavors and I am available to provide references in greater depth, if required. This opinion is given in my personal capacity and without responsibility on the part of MicroFinanza Rating.
Best Regards, Massimo Vita
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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Years of Experience:
15-20 years |
Highest Qualification:
Masters |
Languages:
English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese |
Nationality:
Italy
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