Board of Commissioners & Directors
Board of Commissioners

Chief Commissioner
Mr. Nahruddin Alie, Master of Science
Masters in ‘Human Settlements Development Planning’, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand.
Previous positions: National Officer, UNIDO Jakarta, and Staff, Department of Industry, Jakarta
Mr. Nahruddin Alie, Master of Science
Masters in ‘Human Settlements Development Planning’, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand.
Previous positions: National Officer, UNIDO Jakarta, and Staff, Department of Industry, Jakarta

Independent Commissioner & Chair of Audit Committee
Mr. Benny Kosinda
Masters in Agricultural Economics, University of New England, Australia
Mr. Benny Kosinda
Masters in Agricultural Economics, University of New England, Australia
Retired Senior Project Officer in charge of supervising agricultural projects and rural banks, Asian Development Bank, Manila.
Experience in World Bank, GTZ and IFC offices and projects based in Indonesia, as well as auditor and internal auditor, including with Price Waterhouse.
Board of Directors

President Director & Founder
Dr. Shafiq Dhanani
D.Phil. in Development Economics, Oxford University
Previously staff and development consultant for international development organizations (UNIDO, FAO, WFP, ILO, World Bank, ADB) in Africa and Asia.
Some 15 years of consulting experience in Indonesia in various Government Departments.
Founder and Chairman, Ganesha Microfinance Foundation.
Dr. Shafiq Dhanani
D.Phil. in Development Economics, Oxford University
Previously staff and development consultant for international development organizations (UNIDO, FAO, WFP, ILO, World Bank, ADB) in Africa and Asia.
Some 15 years of consulting experience in Indonesia in various Government Departments.
Founder and Chairman, Ganesha Microfinance Foundation.

Director/Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Dr. Elizabeth Sweeting
Ph.D. in Education, Sussex University.
Previously education consultant for international and national development organizations (World Bank, ADB, British Council) in Africa and Asia. Some 15 years of consulting experience in Indonesian Ministry of Education.
Co-founder and Treasurer, Ganesha Microfinance Foundation.
Dr. Elizabeth Sweeting
Ph.D. in Education, Sussex University.
Previously education consultant for international and national development organizations (World Bank, ADB, British Council) in Africa and Asia. Some 15 years of consulting experience in Indonesian Ministry of Education.
Co-founder and Treasurer, Ganesha Microfinance Foundation.
Advisory Committee

Chair, Advisory Committee
Prof. David Gibbons
Founder and Chair, Cashpor Group of Companies, India.
Author of the Grameen Reader, Dhaka: Grameen Bank, 1994.
Prof. David Gibbons
Founder and Chair, Cashpor Group of Companies, India.
Author of the Grameen Reader, Dhaka: Grameen Bank, 1994.

Member
Ms. Hasti Tarekat
Founding Member, POKMAS Foundation, Medan, North Sumatra
Ms. Hasti Tarekat
Founding Member, POKMAS Foundation, Medan, North Sumatra

Member
Ms. Helen Todd
Founding Chair, Moris Rasik Foundation, Timor Leste
Researcher in microfinance and author of Women at the Centre: Grameen Bank Borrowers After one Decade, Boulder, Colorado, Westview Press, 1996, and editor of Cloning Grameen Bank: Replicating a Poverty Reduction Model in India, Nepal and Vietnam, IT Publications, London, 1996.
Ms. Helen Todd
Founding Chair, Moris Rasik Foundation, Timor Leste
Researcher in microfinance and author of Women at the Centre: Grameen Bank Borrowers After one Decade, Boulder, Colorado, Westview Press, 1996, and editor of Cloning Grameen Bank: Replicating a Poverty Reduction Model in India, Nepal and Vietnam, IT Publications, London, 1996.