NEWS WIRE: Geneva: BlueOrchard Welcomes New Chief Financial Officer

Source: Blue Orchard.

Geneva, November 4 – Blue Orchard Finance S.A. announced today that Geert Roosen has joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO) to head the financial and administration operations and to complement its management team.

BlueOrchard Finance S.A. announced today that Geert Roosen has joined the company as CFO and to complement its management team.

From 1999 to 2008 Geert Roosen held a variety of finance and consulting roles at McKinsey & Company, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Fortis and Siemens. In his last assignment Geert Roosen was head of the strategic financial planning group at Fortis SA/NV responsible for the corporate strategy, capital management and structuring.

Jean-Pierre Klumpp, CEO of BlueOrchard Finance S.A. said: “BlueOrchard will gain much by having an experienced finance and management professional like Geert Roosen on board to further expand our capabilities and offerings in the microfinance industry and to assure highest professional standards. We look forward to Geert’s contributions to our corporate decision-making thanks to his multi-faceted knowledge that can open new perspectives and approaches to the way we do things in BlueOrchard in particular and in microfinance in general.”

Geert Roosen holds a Master of Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago (USA), and a Degree in Commercial Engineering from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium). He is a Belgian national with extensive international work and life experience. He is married and has two children. Dutch is his mother tongue; he masters English and French and has a good knowledge of Italian and German.

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