Ghada Kabesh

Ghada Kabesh has worked in sustainable economic growth and development for over twenty years; specializing in economic development, microfinance, financial inclusion, and MSME development.Kabesh has been involved in the design, implementation, and supervision of many local and international projects in cooperation with government agencies, the public, and private sectors, and development projects funded by international bodies. Kabesh has also served as Financial Product Development at Aga Khan International Microfinance Agency and Team Lead of Financial and Non-Financial Services for several USAID-funded projects in Egypt and has been selected as a consultant for the Canadian Fund for Local Initiatives for more than six consecutive years. In recent years, Kabesh has specialized in capacity building, technical support, capacity building, and training of local and Arab entities that provide pro-poor financial services, responsible microfinance, and micro and small enterprise development.