MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Women’s World Banking (WWB) Appoints Kathryn C. Mayer as the Director of the Center for Microfinance Leadership (CML), Which Provides Advisory Services to Microfinance Institution Managers

Women’s World Banking (WWB), an organization that provides technical and advisory services to its global network of microfinance institutions (MFIs), has appointed Kathryn C. Mayer as the Director of the Center for Microfinance Leadership (CML), a WWB organization that provides workshops, coaching and support to chief executive officers (CEOs) and senior managers in the microfinance industry.Ms. Mayer has over 20 years of experience in the private sector and, specifically, has much experience with coaching executives. For example, Ms. Mayer created a leadership development program for investment bankers, redesigned the performance review process for the human resources department at Citigroup, the American financial services company, and wrote a book called Collaborative Competition™:  A Woman’s Guide to Succeeding by Competing.

By Christopher Maggio, Research Assistant

About:
Women’s World Banking (WWB)

Description:
Women’s World Banking (WWB) is an organization that provides technical and advisory services to its global network of microfinance institutions (MFIs). As of February 26, 2010, WWB has 40 members working in 28 countries, and serves over 20 million microentrepreneurs. It was founded in 1976 and its international team is based in New York.

Organization’s Website:
http://www.swwb.org/

Contact:
Address:
Women’s World Banking
8 West 40th Street
New York, NY 10018
Tel: +1 212 768 8513
Fax: +1 212 768 8519

Additional Resources:

Microcapital’s Microfinance Universe Profile: WWB

WWB press release:

Women’s World Banking Names Inaugural Director
of the Global WWB Center for Microfinance Leadership

NEW YORK, NY, March 1, 2010: Women’s World Banking (WWB), the world’s
largest global network of microfinance institutions (MFIs) and banks
dedicated to the economic empowerment of low-income women, today
announced the appointment of Kathryn C. Mayer to Director of the Center
for Microfinance Leadership (CML). Ms. Mayer brings more than 20 years
of global private sector leadership development experience to CML.

“Kathryn has shown tremendous ingenuity in helping top level executives
achieve their potential,” said Mary Ellen Iskenderian, president and CEO
of Women’s World Banking. “She is truly a stellar addition to the Center
for Microfinance Leadership, which plays a central role in developing
strong female managers in the field of microfinance.”

WWB established the global Center for Microfinance Leadership in
response to critical changes in microfinance—including increased
commercialization, decreased presence of women staff at all levels of
microfinance institutions and rapid growth—that demand skilled, trained
leaders and managers.  The Center collaborates with the Wharton School
of the University of Pennsylvania and Creative Metier Limited to design
and deliver executive education programs in microfinance.

“This is truly a remarkable opportunity to join an organization that
invests so heavily in female independence through business and
leadership development,” Ms. Mayer said. “I am looking forward to
building upon that legacy.”

Mayer has a proven track record of coaching high potential executives to
help them succeed in new and challenging roles. Among her
accomplishments include the creation of a leadership development program
for women investment bankers. She led Citigroup’s Human Resources team
in redesigning their performance review process and is the author of
/Collaborative Competition™:  A Woman’s Guide to Succeeding by
Competing, /a tool to empower women to succeed through practicing
healthy competition in the workplace.

Leadership programs organized by CML include “Women in Leadership,”
aimed at women CEOs and senior managers, “Advanced Leadership,” aimed at
men and women leaders of the top 200 microfinance institutions, and
one-on-one coaching for a small cadre of leaders with the greatest
potential to effect change.

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