Manuel Peters
Manuel Peters is a Portfolio Manager at Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL). He brings portfolio management, systematic analysis and quantitative expertise from Luxembourg’s banking sector.
Louis De Muyser
Louis de Muyser, Inclusive and Innovative Finance Desk at the Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs. He also represents the Directorate in the Boards of Accelerating Impact ASBL, the Agri-Business Capital Fund, the Financing Innovation Tool SARL SIS and the Global Trust Fund for Sustainable Finance.
Ilona Biró
Business Development Manager
Ilona Biro joined IforD in 2024 as a Business Development Manager. She brings 11 years of experience in the financial services industry in Stucturing and Deal Management. Prior to joining the Fund, she was working as an Execution Trader in Azimut Investments focusing on ESG analysis. Previously, Ilona worked with the Securitization and Structured Products desk in Barclays Capital in Luxembourg and in Morgan Stanley Hungary Analytics in Budapest as a Financial Analyst responsible for the products under the offerings of the firm’s US subsidiaries. She completed her thesis research in Microfinancing and she is an Economist with a Master’s Degree in International Economics and Business. She is also a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) since 2022.
Raymond Schadeck
Chairman
Long and distinguished career at Ernst & Young, engaged in different associations, with several commitments in the social and philanthropic area.
Christina Pinto
Christina Pinto works for the Ministry of Finance, with a professional experience of more than 20 years in the financial sector and prudential regulation. She holds a Master’s degree in economic science.
Patrick Losch
Patrick is an independent investor and a forester. He is socially and environmentally committed to Luxembourg NGOs as a director in the respective boards.
Michel Maquil
Independent Director
Natacha Oskian
Natacha Oskian is Business Development and MarCom Director at Allen & Overy’s Luxembourg office, leads the Fintech team and is an active member of the Allen & Overy Global Private Equity group. She has more than 10 years’ experience as an external and internal auditor and is an active member of the LPEA, ALFI, ABBL and LHoFT working groups.
Monica Tiuba
Monica is an independent director.
Dzemal Tomic
Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat. Dzemal is deputy head of institutional relationship management and head of business coordination division. He has more than 15 years’ experience in the investment funds business for which he assumes a significant role within the bank.
Kaspar Wansleben
Director Asset Servicing
Kaspar Wansleben is the Director Asset Servicing at LMDF. Before joining LMDF, Kaspar has been involved in microfinance since 2006 as a member of the credit committee of the finance program of MFIs: LUXMINT, managed by ADA. He also worked at the International Labour Organisation (2002) and at PlanetRating (2004). Kaspar is a visiting lecturer at the University of Luxembourg on social entrepreneurship and was a board member of MFX Solutions Inc, the provider of currency risk solutions to the microfinance sector for 5 years.
Kaspar Wansleben is chartered accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and joined KPMG in 2005 where he was specialised during 6 years in the industrial and financial sectors as advisor in finance and auditor. He is a visiting lecturer at the Luxembourg University on social entrepreneurship. In 2022, Kaspar was nominated as a member of the Luxembourg High Council for Sustainable Development. He graduated in Business and Finance from the Euromed in Marseille and the University of Bremen. He is of German nationality and has lived in many Asian countries.
Alejandro Vazquez Ortega
Manager Servicing Risk and Finance
Alejandro is Manager Servicing Risk and Finance at the LMDF and has more than 7 years of experience in Corporate and Project finance. Prior to joining the Fund in 2021, he acted as the Head of Corporate, Project finance and Treasury at Vallair Solutions S.à.r.l., where he also acted as interim deputy CFO for a couple of years. During this period, he managed the investment processes and raised more than USD 100m for CAPEX and Project finance Investments through different finance structures. Prior to having completed his MBA at the HEC Paris business school, Alejandro held several positions managing research and innovation projects working with Akzo Nobel, in the U.K. and Dupont Coatings, in Mexico.
He has a MSc in Chemical Engineering from the Loughborough University and holds a certificate on “Challenges on Global Poverty” from M.I.T. From 2013 to 2014, he acted as co-president of the HEC Net Impact Club. Alejandro is also a CFA Charterholder and also volunteering as a director and treasurer for the Luxembourg Agribusiness Association. He is currently training to be a Certified Expert in Sustainable Agriculture Finance. He is fluent in Spanish, French and English.
Chiara Pescatori
Manager Investment Servicing
Chiara is Manager Investment Servicing at LMDF and has been working in the microfinance sector for over 15 years. Her experience in financial inclusion spans different markets and financial service providers. She has worked few year as a independent consultant and advises financial services providers on customer-centric design, ESG, client protection and social performance. Chiara has experience in facilitation of decision-making and strategic reflections, organization design, and business modeling.
Prior, Chiara worked for more that 10 year at MFR (MicroFinanza Rating), where she successfully managed social business activities, including the various certification schemes (Smart Campaign Certification, GSMA Mobile Money Certification, etc.). At MFR, Chiara evaluated and advised more than 100 financial companies in different markets and regulatory environments.
External AIFM
BIL Manage Invest appointed as Alternative Investment Fund Manager
Effective date 15 December 2023, the Fund appointed BIL Manage Invest S.A. as a licensed Alternative Investment Fund Manager. The AIFM has constituted a specialized advisory committee (Investors’ Committee) to advise on inclusive finance specific aspects of the investment process.