Grassroots Business Fund to Launch Operations

The Grassroots Business Fund will officially launch independent operations at a ceremony in Washington.

What: Grassroots Business Fund Launch Ceremony and Luncheon

Where: International Finance Corporation, Room L-109

When: September 22, 2008, 12 - 2 p.m.

Key Participants: Dr. Victoria Kisyombe, Managing Director, SELFINA; Harold Rosen, GBF Executive Director; Lars Thunell, CEO/EVP of IFC; Stephen Brenninkmeijer, CEO, ANDROMEDA Fund; Percy Barnevik, Advisor, India Trust, Hand in Hand; Andrew Devenport, CEO, Youth Business International; Iqbal Paroo, Former President/CEO, Omidyar Foundation; Alan Patricof, Founder/Managing Director, Greycroft, LLC; Andrew Adelson, Former CIO of International Investment, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.; Emile Groot, Financial Sector Specialist, Asian Department, FMO; Henk Nijland, Manager, Micro and Small Enterprise Fund, FMO.