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MWB is a not-for-profit company set up by Dr. Phyllis SantaMaria and Andy Robb to realise their vision of improving the capacity of MFIs by providing first class practical training and placement opportunities for financial professionals. We work together with academic, public and private sector partners to develop state of the art training and networking opportunities to benefit the MF industry and its clients.

Directors of MWB

Andy Robb
Having started work in the City of London, Andy has spent the last 20 years building his property business in Bristol. In 2004 he set up Fund Their Future Ltd (FTF), a charity to channel profits from his business into the MF sector. FTF invests directly in MFIs, supports the Microfinance Club UK, funds MWB and Mobile Microfinance Ltd, a company to promote the adoption of mobile telephone banking in MF. He is a director of the above companies and is a member of the Steering Committee of the UK Microfinance Club.

Dr Phyllis SantaMaria
Prof Mohamed Yunus and Dr Phyllis SantaMaria

Prof Mohamed Yunus and Dr Phyllis SantaMaria

Five years as a US Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala and Kenya inspired Phyllis to engage in promoting life-long learning through international development, education, interactive multimedia and for the last seven years, microfinance. Twice she has been a UK national coordinator, first for BBC TV's Domesday Project in the late 80s, a forerunner of the Internet, and recently for the UK National Committee for 2005, the UN Year of Microcredit. As chief of mission of PlaNet Finance UK she worked with microfinance capacity building in India, China, Africa and Eastern Europe. She is a director of Microfinance without Borders and is on the Steering Committee for the UK Microfinance Club.

Picture left: Prof Mohamed Yunus and Dr Phyllis SantaMaria at UK launch of 2005, UN Year of Microcredit, at Clifford Chance, London, 16 Sept 2004

Mosleh Ahmed
Originally from Bangladesh, Mosleh worked as a Chartered Accountant for major auditing firms in the UK, Germany, Sultanate of Oman and the UAE. Sixteen years ago he returned to Bangladesh as Chief Financial Officer on a project for the Swedish Development Agency, SIDA. He became involved with microfinance both at the management and grassroots level, and developed expertise in microinsurance and remittances for migrant workers. A volunteer member of PlaNet Finance UK, Mosleh also lectures on microfinance for UK community groups and runs a 'not for profit' research centre on microinsurance. He serves as an international consultant for major donor agencies such as UNDP and the World Bank, is a director of Microfinance without Borders and is on the Steering Committee for the UK Microfinance Club.