Andrée Simon
President and CEO, FINCA Impact Finance (FIF)
Andrée Simon is the President and Chief Executive Officer of FINCA Impact Finance (FIF), a global network of 17 microfinance banks and institutions. The network’s 8,000+ employees offer responsible and affordable loan and saving products to more than two million people across the world, empowering low-income women and men to take control of their financial future. Andrée was pivotal in redesigning the organization’s business model from a donor-based non-profit to a for-profit operating structure. She is now focused on accelerating the development of and access to digital financial services without losing the education and support that is necessary to build the financial health of the world’s poor.
Andrée has been named one of the Top 100 Fintech for SDG Influencers by LATTICE80 and has written extensively on responsible financial services in numerous publications including International Banker, Euromoney and The Financial Times. She is fluent in French and Spanish. She earned an undergraduate degree in international relations from the University of Virginia, an M.A. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
Andrée has been named one of the Top 100 Fintech for SDG Influencers by LATTICE80 and has written extensively on responsible financial services in numerous publications including International Banker, Euromoney and The Financial Times. She is fluent in French and Spanish. She earned an undergraduate degree in international relations from the University of Virginia, an M.A. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.