The ACCION Network is led by a Steering Committee whose responsibility
is to support and supervise Network activities. The Committee represents
the Network members in all aspects of the Network that require
its intervention, according to the specified terms in the Affiliation
Agreement. Currently, its main activity is to evaluate the institutions
that are candidates for Network membership. It is also responsible
for the separation process of the Network’s institutions.
The Steering Committee is composed of five members: the president
of ACCION International and four directors of Network member
institutions (two from regulated institutions and two from non-regulated
institutions). The Committee is elected each year during the ACCION
Network Annual Meeting of Directors.
The current Steering Committee members are:
María Otero, ACCION International
(U.S.)
Rafael Llosa, MiBanco (Peru)
Pierre-Marie Boisson, SOGESOL (Haiti)
Victor Tellería, FAMA (Nicaragua)
Marciano Puche, Fundación Mario Santodomingo (Colombia)
María Otero
President and CEO, ACCION International
María Otero was named president & CEO of ACCION
International in January 2000. As ACCION's executive vice president
from 1992-2000, Ms. Otero played a key role in long-term strategic
planning, policy advocacy, research and dissemination. She joined
ACCION in 1986 as director of its microlending program in Honduras.
Internationally recognized as a leading voice on microcredit, Ms.
Otero serves as chair of the MicroFinance Network, an association
of 29 leading microfinance practicioners from around the world,
and as co-chair of the Microenterprise Coalition. She has also
served in an advisory capacity to the World Bank's Consultative
Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) and in 1994 was appointed by
President Clinton to serve as chair of the Board of Directors of
the Inter-American Foundation. She was chair of the board of Bread
for the World from 1992-1997 and currently sits on the boards of
the Calvert Foundation and the U.S. Institute of Peace.
A native of La Paz, Bolivia, Ms. Otero obtained an M.A. in literature
at the University of Maryland and an M.A. in economic development
and international studies, with emphasis on Latin America, at the
Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
Rafael Llosa Barrios
General Manager, Mibanco
Rafael Llosa Barrios became
General Manager in January 2004. MIBANCO, Banco de la Microempresa
began operating in May 1998 as the first private bank in Peru that
took on the responsibility of concentrating its efforts on supporting
micro and small businesses. MIBANCO has 830 employees, 32 national
branches and has given out 887,589 loans since the beginning of its
operations.
Mr. Llosa is a member of the Steering Committee of the ACCION
Network and of the Committee of General Managers of the Association
of Banks of Peru.
Before taking on the position of General Manager at MIBANCO, Mr.
Llosa served as manager of the Capital Markets group and before
that as Assistant General Manager of Finance of Banco Wiese Sudameris,
Peru (Intesa Group). He has also served as Finance Manager of Banco
de Lima Sudameris as well as of Banco Santander.
Mr. Llosa’s career in the financial sector spans more than
12 years. Mr. Llosa has a B.A. in Law and Political Science with
expertise in Finance, Treasury, and Information and Planning Systems.
Víctor Telleria
General Manager, FAMA
Víctor Telleria has held
the position of General Manager of FAMA, the Foundation for the
Support of Microenterprise in Nicaragua, since 1992. Under his
leadership, the organization gives out over 45,000 loans per
year to more than 30,000 urban and rural clients. In recognition
of its excellent achievements, FAMA received the 2002 Inter-American
Development Bank (IDB) Award of Excellence for Microfinance in
Latin America for a non-regulated institution. In 2004, FAMA
received the First Central American Regional Award for Microfinance
Management from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration
(BCIE).
In addition to his Network responsibilities, Mr. Telleria is also
Vice-President of ASOMIF, the Nicaraguan Association of Microfinance
Institutions, and a member of the Nicaraguan Institute of Development
(INDE). He has also been Director of the Central American Microfinance
Network (REDCAMIF). He is currently also President of Sin Riesgos,
S.A. (Center for Microcredit Risk), and a member of the Strategic
Direction Committee of PROMIFIN-COSUDE.
A native of Nicaragua, Mr. Telleria holds an MBA and BA in Business
studies from Florida International University.
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