BlueOrchard Finance, Co-founder

Jean-Philippe co-founded BlueOrchard Finance in 2001 and is part of its management team since then. He had joined Dexia Asset Management in 2000 as the Dexia Micro- Credit Fund Manager. Prior to that, he has been successively Junior team economist in Romania for a EU PHARE technical assistance program, Field consultant in Microfinance for a Belgian NGO, an Associate with McKinsey & Co, the Operations Director of a private Microfinance Foundation in Argentina, and finally a Consultant for the UNCTAD Microfinance Unit in Geneva. Jean-Philippe holds a MA in Economics from Université Notre-dame de la Paix in Namur, Belgium, and a MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA.