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appropriate capital and strategic and technical assistance to MFI’s and
cooperate partners, as well as help identify and grow value chains that can
distribute to and service poor households in its green technology needs.
Prior to joining GP, Peter was the Executive Vice President of Programs and
Regions at Grameen Foundation where he oversaw all microfinance and
technology programs as well as the foundation’s global strategies. He joined
GF in 2001 when he founded the Grameen Technology Center and built it into
a global leader in using Information and communication technologies (ICT)
for the benefit of the poor and poorest, with a specific focus on the mobile
phone. He is a firm believer in developing market sustained solutions that puts
the need of poor people at the core while having a true triple bottom line.
Peter started his career at Microsoft Corporation in 1987 where he spent a
decade in a variety of leadership roles focused on the international work,
product support and marketing. Peter has extensive experience in various
board roles at non-profits and for profits social businesses. He has served at
boards in Africa focused on Village Phone activities as well as local Seattle
boards. He currently serves on the board of Grameen Foundation and
Grameen Jameel, a social business focused on furthering Microfinance in the
Middle East and North Africa. He is a frequent speaker at various
international development conferences worldwide and has a degree in
Mathematics and Economics from the University of Uppsala Sweden.
�� Christopher Freitas, Project Engineer, Sun Energy
Power International
Christopher Freitas has worked in the renewable energy
industry full time since 1986. The focus of his career has
been on power conversion electronics and off-grid PV
system design. Christopher was the Director of
Engineering at Trace Engineering and then co-founded
OutBack Power Systems in 2001. Since 2008, he has
worked with a US based non-profit organization, SunEPI, which provided
training and system design, installation and monitoring services with recently
completed projects in Haiti, South Sudan and Pakistan of school and health
care facilities. He is currently working with USAID on a low cost Iridium
satellite connected performance monitoring system which provides hourly
data for under $1 per day and is currently being tested in Haiti.
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