Antonique Koning is the CGAP Gender Lead. Antonique has over 20 years of experience working on a range of topics related to microfinance and financial inclusion, with special expertise in consumer protection and responsible finance, customer centricity and customer empowerment. Prior to joining CGAP in 2004, Antonique gained hands-on experience developing and implementing microcredit programs in El Salvador and working with savings banks globally. She has a Master’s degree in International Trade Management and Policy from the University of Birmingham and a Master’s degree in Applied Economics from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Antonique is based in Belgium, and speaks Spanish, French, and Dutch.

Yasmin Bin-Humam is a CGAP Financial Sector Specialist and also serves as focal point for CGAP’s gender research and mainstreaming. Four years ago she launched FinEquity, and continues to serve as its program manager. Prior to joining Yasmin, she developed indicators measuring women’s equality under the law and contributed to publications on legal barriers to women’s economic empowerment. Her early work experience spans the public, private, and non-governmental sectors. She has Juris Doctorate and Master’s degrees from Georgetown University and a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard University.

Diana Dezso is the FinEquity Facilitator. Prior to this she led the Data and Measurement Working Group of FinEquity. Diana has 20 years of experience in the financial inclusion sector. She specializes in knowledge management, organizational development and learning, capacity assessments, program implementation and evaluation, and new business development. She has worked in senior leadership positions of international organizations in both Washington DC and the field, including the SEEP Network and ACCION USA. Diana has an MPA from New York University. She is fluent in Romanian, proficient in Spanish, and speaks basic French. 

Catherine Highet leads the Technology working group at FinEquity. Prior to this role, she worked with the GSMA Connected Women program and FHI 360, focusing on digital inclusion activities, including DFS, digital identity and gender equality. Catherine has also consulted for several digital development partners in the public and private sector including IREX, Mozilla and Souktel. 

Nisha Singh is the Social Norms Technical Lead for FinEquity. She has over 17 years of experience promoting access to finance and financial market systems development, with a focus on women’s economic empowerment and inclusion. Nisha worked at The SEEP Network from 2008 and 2016 to promote inclusive market systems development by building partnerships across the 120+ SEEP member organizations and associated stakeholders. Since 2017 her work has focused on increasing economic opportunities for women through innovations in financial services as well as gender mainstreaming for private sector actors. Nisha has a master’s degree from the School of Social Policy at University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the University of Hyderabad. 

Dietlind Lerner is the Communications Lead for FinEquity. In this position, she is responsible for spurring greater exchange between our community members and promoting our work with key decision-makers and implementers around the world. Prior to consulting, Dietlind held communications leadership roles at Greenpeace International, the Open Government Partnership, the Financial Transparency Coalition and the Center for Justice and Accountability. She also spent a decade as a foreign correspondent based in Berlin and Paris covering politics and social justice issues across Europe and Africa.

Etta Klosi is a CGAP Financial Sector Analyst and also serves as FinEquity’s Monitoring & Evaluation Analyst. Before joining CGAP, Etta held positions as a communications consultant at the World Bank and a business management unit lead at DAI. As an IIE fellow in Kenya, Etta worked with Kenyan credit unions to introduce new microfinance products and in Albania she worked for GIZ projects in privatization and market reform legislation. Etta is a graduate of the University of Tirana in Albania and has a Master’s degree in Business Administration from American University in Washington, D.C. She is fluent in Albanian, French, and Italian