Annemieke van der Leij

Biographical Information
"Annemieke serves as Senior Investment Officer for Cordaid's Financial Services Fund for over 5 years and is responsible for investments in Uganda, Tanzania and Ghana. She is responsible for identifying deal flow, structuring finance (equity, debt and mezzanine) and monitoring the social and financial returns of investments. Annemieke represents Cordaid on the Investment Committees of the Wholesale Microfinance Fund in Ghana and the Rural Fund (which is set up by Rabobank and Cordaid and finances agricultural commodities of cooperatives and SME's globally) and she is a Board member of the Stromme East Africa Microfinance Fund, among others. After completing her degree in economics and languages, Annemieke worked in a variety of financial positions in the business and government environment. In 1996, she joined OxfamNovib to continue her career in development finance. She also worked for Hivos before joining Cordaid 's Investment Team."

Affiliations

 * Investment Committee, InReturn