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Leonore Gruenberg

Microfinance Expert

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Leonore Gruenberg
Antananarivo Madagascar
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Consultant
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About Me
Internationally mobile, young professional with a strong expertise in Microfinance and Rural Financial Institutions Development, currently based in New Delhi, India.
Master's degree in International Management and Economics with substantial field experience in rural areas in developing countries. In view: Preparations for an external PhD on Financial Literacy and Capability & the Importance of Trust and Social Capital for the Field Officer-Client Relationship

Core competencies :

  • Operative know-how in microfinance (commercial & NGO) and related fields
  • Tool Design (Financial Literacy and Education: both client and institution-centered)
  • Branch Management
  • HR Management (recruiting, training)
  • Environment & Market analyses, reports and research
  • Excellent organizational skills (project management)
  • Team player with leadership skills
  • Open-minded, adaptable and fast learning
Experiences
  • Research on Rural Development & Microfinance - Focus on Communication and Knowledge Transfer - Institutional Learning
  • Financial Literacy & Education: Toolkit Design, Development and Implementation (Training & Awareness / Media Material)
  • PACS - Business Strategies
  • Newsletter and Media
  • Research on 'Financial Capability'
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Acedemic Research

Personal studies in preparation of a PhD
March 2013
New Delhi
India
  • Academic Research - "The Impact of Social Capital on the Performance of the Field Officer of Rural Financial Institutions - Client-Institution Relationships in Microfinance - How to identify, support and coach "good" Field Operatives"
  • Research & Interviews on Fair Trade in Coffee in Ethiopia
  • Media Documentation (Photo Exposition)
  • Media Consultancy (Documentary)
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  • Branch Manager
  • Deputy Branch Manager
  • Product Supervision
  • Responsible for Audit mission follow-up
  • Loan Officer Training Assistant
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  • Project consultancy
  • Negotiation assistance with the Ministry of Professional Education
  • Translations and interpretation (French-German, German-French)
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  • Loan Officer Training
  • Conducting 2 feasibility studies prior to new branch openings
  • RH Training Assistant
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  • Case preparation
  • Court assistance (civil & criminal law)
  • Client attendance and key account management
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  • Market survey and client profiling
  • Branch Manager & Loan Offier Training
  • Academic research
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  • Assistance with respect to a bid invitation issued by the Angolan Ministry of Fishery and Agriculture
  • Translations (English-German)
  • Business development & Network extension
  • Online & Phone Marketing
  • Product development & conceptualization
  • Market research & analyses
  • Reports & regular business evaluation
  • HRM (recruiting, training)
  • Press work
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  • Market research
  • Customer attendance & Office assistance
  • Translations (Spanish-English / German-English / French-English)
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  • Customer attendance
  • Market research
  • Press work
  • Translations
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Education

International Management & Economics

Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg

September 2003 to December 2008
5-year master degree program in International Management & Economics, majoring in International Economics and including a one-year professional and academic exchange in Spain - personel interests : economics of development

MBA (visiting)

Universidad de Oviedo, Spain

February 2007 to July 2007
Specialization in Economics of Development and Informal Markets
Skills

Languages

  • German : native spaeker
  • English : fluent (written & spoken)
  • French : fluent (written & spoken)
  • Spanish : fluent (written & spoken)
  • Portuguese : advanced (written & spoken)
  • Italian : intermediate
  • Hindi : basics
  • Croatian : basics
  • Malagasy : basics

Project Management

  • Organisation and Process-Flow
  • Strategy Development and Conceptualisation
  • Reporting

Computering

  • Window XP, Vista , 7 , Ubuntu
  • MS Office, Adobe
  • Communication software (IE, Firefox, Opera, Thunterbird, Outlook)
  • Very solid 10-digit typing
  • Basics in InDesign and PhotoShop (progressing)
  • Design Competencies for Media Material Creation
Portfolios

Field Visits and Photography

GIZ RFIP Newsletter (Edition: Sept 2012)

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Microfinance - Research Paper (Prospects for MFIs in Mozambique)

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Interests

Travel

  • Japan - Niigata Summer School (academic exchange programm 2006)
  • India, Mozambique, USA, Croatia, Spain - Work & Travel
  • Columbia, Canada, Norway, Egypt, South Africa, Thailand, Nepal, Europe
  • ...the rest remains to be explored

Sports

  • Tennis / Judo / Horse-back riding / Trekking

Reading

  • Other
  • Development as Freedom: Amartya Sen
  • Dinner with Mugabe: Heidi Holland
  • Mother Pious Lady - Making Sense of Everyday India: Santosh Desai
  • The Reluctant Fundamentalist: Mohsin Hamid
  • Promenade avec les dieux de l'Inde:Catherine Clément
  • Le Dieu des Petits Riens: Arundhati Roy

Arts

  • Photography and writing
  • Music - Violin (for > 11 years)
  • Dancing

Film

  • Barfi
  • Kumare
  • Peepli Life
  • The Whistleblower
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