governing board
and advisors
MARY HOUGHTON
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD & CO FOUNDER,
SHOREBANK CORPORATION
Mary co-founded ShoreBank Corporation, a commercial bank holding company focused on community development and environmental protection. She is a director of three financial institutions: Basix and BSFL in Hyderabad, India and Citizens Bank in Vancouver, B.C. and two U.S. non-profit small business loan funds.
ANDREW ADELSON
GBF ADVISOR
Andy retired from Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc. (now Alliance Capital), where he served as Chief Investment Officer managing over $100 billion in client assets and developing global and local equity products in the UK, Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia and emerging markets. Andy also serves as treasurer on the board of the Hastings Center for Bioethics Research.
GUILLERMO FERRYROS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PRESIDENT AND
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MAPLE ENERGY PLC
Rafael Guillermo Ferreyros Cannock has more than 20 years of experience in the energy and agro industrial related areas, including experience in developing greenfield projects from conceiving the ideas, project plans, implementation, operation and financing in Peru. Mr. Ferreyros serves as the Chief Executive Officer, President, and Executive Director of Maple Energy PLC in Peru.
ZOE DEAN-SMITH
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL PROGRAMS,
VITAL VOICES
Between 2007 and 2011, Zoë was based in her home country of Swaziland and assumed the role of Senior Director of Vital Voices’ Global Entrepreneurs in Handcrafts Program. During this time, she also worked with TechnoServe Swaziland, mentoring a number of emerging handcraft export organisations and helping to develop the country’s handcraft sector. Her activities have also included working with IFC’s Grassroots Business Initiatives across Africa and in South East Asia on handcraft development.
HOLLY WISE
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL PROGRAMS,
FOUNDER, WISE SOLUTIONS LLC & GBF ADVISOR
Through her consultancy practice, Wise Solutions LLC, Holly brings international development and public-private alliance expertise to corporations, foundations and non-profits. She serves as a senior fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Harold Rosen
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Harold is GBF’s Chief Executive Officer. In 2004, Harold founded IFC’s Grassroots Business Initiative, which he managed until 2008, when it was restructured and spun off to become the Grassroots Business Fund (GBF). Prior to his work with GBI and GBF, Harold worked at with the World Bank Group for over 30 years.
JAIME RAMIREZ
CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
Jaime has over 15 years of experience in finance, project management, risk analysis and operations consulting in developing countries. He has helped develop GBF’s operations, standards and initiatives. Jaime became familiar with high impact businesses as a business associate for Gone Rural in the Kingdom of Swaziland, where he supported the management team through an assignment with MBAs Without Border