Gil Crawford

Bio

Mr. Crawford is Chief Executive Officer and a Managing Director of MicroVest, responsible for leading the company's investment operations and strategy, since MicroVest launch in 2003. As MicroVest's CEO, he led the launch of MicroVest I, LP, the first commercial private equity vehicle focused on microfinance in North America. Mr. Crawford has 25 years experience with microfinance institutions and capital markets across the globe. Before helping to found MicroVest Capital Management, Mr. Crawford worked for the Latin American Financial Markets Division at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and focused on investments in microfinance institutions. Prior to joining IFC, Mr. Crawford created and ran Seed Capital Development Fund, a US based non‐profit firm, involved in creating financial instruments and attracting funds to capitalize microfinance institutions, primarily in Latin America, Asia and Africa. Specific projects included: Latin American Challenge Investment Fund (LA‐CIF), a $20 million loan fund for microfinance institutions in Latin America; DEVCAP, a shared return mutual fund whose total assets reached US$ 27 million dollars. Mr. Crawford has also been a Member of ProFund's Investment Committee and alternate member to the Board of Directors for many years. Prior to creating Seed Capital, Mr. Crawford was the Assistant Project Director for Africa Venture Capital Project, designed to create risk capital firms in Africa. Mr. Crawford received his bank training at Chase Manhattan Bank in the mid‐80s after working in Africa for the Red Cross and State Department. Mr. Crawford serves on the Steering Committee for the Agriculture Finance Support Facility, a World Bank initiative supported by the bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He also serves on the board of Lumni, Inc. and has agreed to co‐teach a finance course at SAIS in Spring 2011. He graduated from SAIS at Johns Hopkins University in 1983 and Bates College in 1980.