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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Micro Banking Summer Academy of Frankfurt School of Finance and Management Presents MFI Management, July 5-10, 2009, Bad Homburg, Germany

Micro Banking Summer Academy of Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
 
MFI Management
 
July 5-10, 2009

This six day seminar will focus on management practices for smaller MFIs.  The target audience consists of managers of non-bank MFIs and central bankers and staff members of apex institutions who want to gain insights in successful MFI management.  The seminar uses real life case studies to facilitate the various discussions. 

The following topics will be covered:

  • Change Management and Human Resources – How do MFI managers respond to the resistance to change within the organization?  Important aspects of human resources will be addressed, including staff recruitment, training and coaching, staff assessment and incentives.
  • Operational Management – Tools for product development and marketing will be presented.  Strategies for managing credit and operations risks, including how traditional commercial banking practices can be applied in microfinance, will be covered.
  • Financial Management – Two days will be dedicated to this crucially important topic.  The facilitator will focus on gaining access to additional capital and liquidity.  Another important part of the sessions will focus on profitability management, achieving adequate levels of return, and measuring and improving MFI performance.
  • Transformation – The advantages and disadvantages of transforming MFIs into banks. 

The facilitators for the seminar will be:
 
Helmut Grossman – Mr. Grossman is a senior microfinance expert and trainer with a focus on rural and agricultural lending.  He studied International Agriculture Development at the University of Kassel.  He has served as an instructor at the Institute for Technical and Further Education, Cairns, Australia, and he has also worked for German Technical Cooperation as an advisor for the People’s Bank of Sri Lanka.  He has been with Frankfurt School of Finance & Management since 2004.  During that time he has had short term assignments in many countries: Georgia, Moldova, Turkey, Cameroon, Namibia, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Nepal, and India.
 
Ganhuyag Ch. Hutagt – Mr. Hutagt is currently serving as the CEO of XacBank and XAC-GE Group, the parent company of XacBank.  He also serves as the Chairman of X.A.C. Foundation and Chairman of the Board of Directors of th enewly founded MIC – Mongolian Mortgage Corporation.  XacBank is the product of a merger between Goviin Ekhlel LLC and X.A.C. At the time of the merger, Hutagt was serving as the Executive Director of XAC.  Prior to that, Mr. Hutagt served as the Operations Manager of UNDP’s MicroStart Pilot Project, a member of Mongolia’s Central Bank’s Supervision Division, and a floor supervisor at the Mongolian Stock Exchange.  He is a 1997 graduate of the Budapest University of Economic Sciences.  Since 2005, he has been in the Business Advisory Council to the President of Mongolia.
 
Maria Ekström Johansson – Ms. Johansson joined Frankfurt School of Finance & Management in 2004.  In addition to her involvement with the Summer Academy, she functions as trainer and project manager for Frankfurt School. Her recent assignments include training for Savings and Credit Associations in Moldova, microfinance training for commercial banks in Sudan, and training for a commercial bank active in microfinance in Macedonia.
 
Olga Tomilova – Ms. Tamilova currently works as a CGAP Consultant for Europe and Central Asia.  She has over 12 years of experience in microfinance management, finance, consulting and research.  Prior to joining CGAP, she spent two years managing the Central Asia Microfinance Center, a joint project of the Microfinance Centre for CEE and the NIS (MFC) and CGAP in Kazakhstan.  She worked at the MFC for 4 years as manager of the training and consulting department. Prior to that she worked as a researcher for a microfinance project of Harvard University in Russia, and in two microfinance institutions in Russia – as executive director for Russian Women’s Microfinance Network in Moscow and accountant and assistant to finance manager for Opportunity International in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. She has a degree in history, social sciences, and applied sociology from Nizhny Novgorod State University in Russia and holds a certificate of the professional accountant. She speaks English and Russian.

The cost of the session is EUR 3000.  Fees include all training materials, full board accommodation, social program, and transportation to and from the airport.  The number of participants is limited to 30 and applicants will be selected in an effort to create a class of participants with complementary experiences and backgrounds.  April 24, 2009 is the last day to register online.  For additional information about the MFI Management seminar, contact Maria Johansson at m.johansson@frankfurt-school.de.

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