Team
Find out more about the people involved with Musoni.
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Bart van Eyk, Acting Chief Executive Officer Bart van Eyk is a co-founder of Musoni and has 15 years experience in international business development and commerce in microfinance and banking environments. Bart studied at the Royal Military Academy in Breda followed by his masters in Business Administration at the University of Nijmegen. Bart held several positions with ABN AMRO bank, most recent as a Deputy Manager successfully building a new Private Banking business in Spain. Bart did microfinance assignments as an interim manager for NGO’s in Peru and Argentina, before starting as Musoni's Chief Operations Officer responsible for the operational roll-out, business development and investment management. |
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Andrew Taylor, Chief Financial Officer Andrew Taylor is a UK Chartered Accountant who started his career at KPMG in London and Hong Kong and who has spent the last 25 years working for SME’s. Andrew also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration. Andrew has invested in and worked in a number of young growing businesses. He has broad experience of international company formation and establishing global multi-currency accounting and reporting systems. He also has experience of raising funds and managing investor relations. Andrew is currently a trustee of a number of charities and is a non-executive Director of an UK based SME. |
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Cameron Goldie-Scot, Chief Information Officer
Cameron has three years microfinance and East Africa experience. He is currently responsible for managing the ongoing development of the Musoni system, as well as the continued provision of IT services to Musoni Kenya. He previously worked in Business Development for Musoni BV, and before that was Implementation Team Manager, responsible for setting up operations on the ground in Kenya. Before Musoni, Cameron worked as an independent consultant in East Africa, advising and running projects with multiple MFIs on how best to enable their clients to partner with mobile operators. Cameron graduated with an MA (Hons) from St Andrew's University, Scotland. |
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Mark Ellis-Jones, African Implementation Team Manager Mark Ellis-Jones is an economist and UK qualified lawyer. He has lived and worked in sub-Saharan Africa most of his life. In East Africa, Mark has worked in establishing a number of small businesses targeting low income earners and in project management, including in advising a Tanzanian microfinance institution in rolling out its first mobile money credit product. Mark has a BA from Oxford University and an MSc from Imperial College, London. |
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Maurice Francke, Technical Officer After working for several years as an application manager in the Dutch healthcare sector Maurice Francke moved to Ecuador in 2008 where he founded Andesk, an IT outsourcing company providing remote SAP support. Maurice managed daily operations and expanded the companies' activities in the outsourcing market with webservices and data-entry services. In 2010 he moved back to the Netherlands where he joined the Musoni IT-team. |
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Norbert Benker, African Implementation Team Manager Norbert Benker has worked on Microfinance projects in more than 10 African countries. He has trained loan officers, senior managers, board members and government officials. In Uganda, Norbert was a long-term consultant and interim Operations Manager for a local Microfinance institution. Before joining Musoni, he worked for Micro Service Consult, IPC/ProCredit and Deutsche Bank. Norbert holds a Master degree in economics and speaks five languages. |
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Eva Teekens, Project Manager Eva has a vast knowledge of microfinance processes and procedures. She was a consultant to Rabobank Development and later became an independent advisor to the Microfinance department of the biggest bank in Tanzania. Eva has revised, improved and developed processes and procedures to improve the delivery of microfinance products and has successfully trained microfinance loan officers in becoming excellent appraisers who understand and predict good repayment behaviour. Eva has a mixed academic background with a BSc in Finance and Strategy and a MSc in Entrepreneurship and Governance. Eva joined Musoni in April 2011. |
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Sander van der Heyden, Technical Officer Sander is a versatile IT specialist, who is at his best working in the gap between business and IT. He graduated in Business and IT in Groningen, while also working as an IT freelancer in internet related activities. After graduating Sander worked for Robeco and Rabobank as an application specialist gaining financial experience. At Musoni Sander is part of the IT Team, working on daily operations, development and long term strategy. |
