NMB MD joins leaders in financial services, business leadership and investing to advise global nonprofit devoted to giving more low-income women access to financial services
Ms. Ineke Bussemaker, CEO and Managing Director of National Microfinance Bank PLC (NMB), was named to the Board of Trustees of global nonprofit Women's World Banking. She joins a group of global leaders advising Women's World Banking in its mission to ensure women and girls have access to the financial tools and resources they require to achieve security and prosperity.
“Ineke and her team at NMB are valued partners for Women's World Banking in their mission to serve women and girls with innovative financial products. Through this partnership, Ineke has already become a close ally and advisor to Women's World Banking’s mission,” said Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO of Women's World Banking. “We’re thrilled to formalize this role and welcome her to the Board of Trustees.”
Ms. Bussemaker shepherded a strong partnership between Women's World Banking and NMB, in which the two organizations are working together to develop products for women and girls across Tanzania. Ms. Bussemaker is a strong advocate of digital financial services and financial inclusion, both are core to the strategy of NMB. Ms. Bussemaker has 30 years of experience in banking having held senior positions in corporate banking, as a country manager, in e-solutions and in transaction banking with Citigroup and ABN AMRO. Prior to starting her current position with NMB in 2015, Ms. Bussemaker was Head of Payment Services & Savings for Rabobank in The Netherlands. She has also worked in the UK, Denmark and Ireland.
“I am excited about being able to contribute to Women’s World Banking as a Board member. I am particularly keen to focus on digital financial services. They are not the future, they are here today and the best and only way forward to provide affordable financial services to women in a scalable manner.”
Ms. Bussemaker joins three other new members of the Board: Mr. Uzoma Dozie, CEO Diamond Bank PLC of Nigeria; Dr. Frannie Léautier, Senior Vice-President of the African Development Bank in Côte d’Ivoire; and Dr. Michael Useem, Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
