Leadership | FINCA Haiti

FINCA Haiti serves clients with responsible and affordable financial services, including individual and group loans, agricultural loans, small and medium enterprise loans, remittances.

FINCA Haiti Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors brings a breadth of expertise and dedication to providing access to responsible financial services.

Hamidine BAKO

Chief Executive Officer

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M. Hamidine Bako

Hamidine Bako is an international expert in microfinance management, network creation and development. He has 14 years of professional experience in microfinance and program management. Hamidine was the Chief Officer of Operations at FINCA RD Congo. He was Chief Officer of Operations at FINCA Uganda. He was also Deputy Chief Officer of Operations at FINCA RD Congo. He previously held the position of Director of Operations at Microcred Nigeria.

Keith Gary SANDBLOOM

Board Chairman, Division Director, FINCA Impact Finance, Washington, DC

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Keith Gary Sandbloom

Keith has twenty years of experience in banking and business environments around the globe including Africa, Asia, Europe, South America and USA. Keith joined FINCA International in 2007. He served as the Chief Operations Officer and Chief Executive Officer for FINCA Zambia for four and a half years where he managed the transformation of FINCA from a non-governmental organization to a regulated, commercial microfinance institution. FINCA Zambia received its deposit-taking microfinance license from the Bank of Zambia in June 2008. During Keith’s tenure, FINCA Zambia became the leading MFI in the country in terms of client outreach and portfolio quality and achieved three consecutive years of sustainable profitability. In February 2012, Keith was appointed CEO of FINCA Kosovo and led the operation until July 2013. While in Kosovo, Keith navigated the organization through a trying period of regulatory uncertainty and operational restructuring.

Prior to joining FINCA, Keith specialized in serving small and medium sized (SME) business clients and non-profit institutions working for Citibank in multiple international assignments and also with SunTrust Bank in Washington DC.

Mr. Sandbloom holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Georgetown University in Washington DC and a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration (Accounting) from California State University.

Charles-Edouard DENIS

Vice-President, Board of Directors

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Charles-Edouard Denis

Charles-Edouard Denis is a successful entrepreneur, management level executive and consultant in
developing and helping to raise capital for start-ups and established companies in Haiti. Mr. Denis has worked in corporate America for 5 years before returning to his native country to share and enhance his experience in this challenging environment. Mr. Denis has been an influential team member in introducing new technologies to Haiti since 1999. He holds a BS from the SUNY Institute of Technology and a MBA from Pace University in New York.

Chikako KUNO

Board member

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CHIKAKO KUNO

Chikako Kuno has 30 years of experience working in emerging markets in Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Africa and Latin America. Before joining FINCA, Ms. Kuno led the Small Business Finance team as a director in the Financial Institutions Group at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London. During her IFI and commercial banking career, Ms. Kuno led teams in investments, project finance, portfolio management, capital markets and syndications.

Ms. Kuno also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Chile and Honduras. She holds a Master’s Degree in international economics from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Karla BROM

Board Member

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Karla Brom

Ms. Brom is an international development and finance expert with over 25 years of experience. She has been advising and training on the topic of risk management and governance for microfinance institutions (MFIs) since 2001, working with global networks (Accion, WWB, Mercy Corps, MEDA, Grameen Foundation, SEEP), investment funds (EFSE, Oikocredit), and multilateral agencies (ADA, IFC, CGAP, EBRD) and their MFI partners. Prior to her work in microfinance she was a Senior VP in risk management at Citigroup for 7 years, where her responsibilities included risk management oversight of Citigroup’s 23 branches in Latin America. She is an independent director and member of the audit committee of FINCA Haiti. Prior to her work with Citigroup, Ms. Brom worked on privatization and financial sector reform in CEE/FSU and as a rating analyst rating structured transactions for Moody’s.

Ms. Brom received her BA from Wellesley College and her MA in International Relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. She speaks English, French (advanced) and Spanish (basic).

Mis Nahomie JB Millien

Board Member

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Mis Nahomie JB Millien

Nahomie JB Millien is an experienced specialist in managing and evaluating development projects, with over 15 years of experience in the field. Throughout her career, she has developed a wealth of expertise in integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment into projects and organizational structures. In 2018, she founded the Kaizen Center, the first gender equality consulting firm in Haiti, which she has been successfully leading ever since.

The Kaizen Center is a social enterprise that aims to help institutions assume responsibility for equity and inclusion. Ms. Millien and her team provide technical assistance to their clients using tools and methods that are adapted to their specific context. By doing so, they support their clients in fulfilling their commitment to promote equity and inclusion.

Ms. Millien holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from ESIH-Haiti, as well as a Master’s degree in Project Management from Université Quisqueya-Haiti and a Master’s degree in Project Evaluation from Université de Rennes 1-France.

FINCA Haiti Management Team

Our management team brings vast experience, professional skills and expertise from various industry backgrounds.

Hamidine BAKO

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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M. Hamidine Bako

Pierre Wiener Jr MORISSET

DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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M. Pierre Wiener Jr Morisset

Pierre Wiener is an experienced Banking & Insurance Executive with over 26 years of experience who joined FINCA Haiti in 2022. A consummate thought leader, he is highly adept at commercial strategies, corporate transformation, business growth, and business optimization. He is equally analytics as he is a visionary with multi-pronged customer and business growth strategies.

As a Senior Executive, Pierre Wiener has led his teams to consistently provide organizational excellence through the management of multimillion dollars client portfolio. In his 26-year career, Pierre Wiener has spearheaded successful business turnarounds, increased clients’ profits by refocusing resources on top-performing products, expanding access to targeted financial tools, and devising revolutionary corporate strategies.

He has consistently delivered outstanding leadership with reputable Haitian financial institutions. He has done so with through the application of entrepreneurial passion for the integrity of organizational targets, personalized client relationships, insightful team engagement, and his engaging communication skills.

Steeve PIERRE-LOUIS

CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER

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Steeve PIERRE LOUIS

Steeve Pierre Louis joined FINCA HAITI S.A. in 2011 as Branch Manager, he was then promoted to Product Manager, Deputy COO before holding the Chief Commercial Officer he holds since September 2018. Steeve held various positions in Microfinance and Banking institutions in Haiti. His key areas of expertise are product and portfolio management.

Mr. Pierre Louis holds a Bachelor of Science In Economics from Quisqueya University in Haiti. He fluently speaks English, French and Haitian Creole.

Wolf EMMANUEL

CHIEF OPERATION OFFICER

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Michael Giovanni SIBILLIA

Wolf Emmanuel joined FINCA Haïti in 2010 as the Deputy IT Manager before becoming the Project Manager for FINCA 2.0, FINCA’s digitalization initiative. In the latter position, he successfully piloted strategic transformational projects related to electronic wallet, Digital Field Automation, centralized credit underwriting, credit scoring, digital savings and credit, Customer Relationship Management, and process workflow systems to enable growth and efficiency.

He holds a master’s degree in computer science from one of the most prestigious computer schools in Haiti and has 14 years of experience in this field. He is passionate about the technical side of digital initiatives but also the planning, budgeting, documentation of procedures, risk management, auditing and tracking of their benefits and impact until proven to be customer centric and profitable.

Wolf is also experienced in credit origination and credit risk assessment, micro lending, and small enterprise lending, both rural & agriculture lending, as well as Deposits.

Taylor SABO

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

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Taylor Sabo

CFO

Guerly LERICHE

GENERAL COUNSEL / HEAD LEGAL OFFICER and CORPORATE SECRETARY

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Guerly Leriche

Guerly Leriche joined FINCA HAITI S.A. in August 2016, Mr Leriche has over eight years of legal experience, and most recently was the legal advisor at the Ministry of National Defense of Haiti. Mr Leriche holds a Bachelor of Legal Studies from the Faculty of Law and Economy of the State University of Haiti and a Master of Science from the Inter-American Defense College of Washington DC and He is a member of the Bar of Port-au-Prince.

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