FINCA Microfinance Bank serves clients with responsible and affordable financial services, including savings accounts, business loans, group loans as well as education loans.
FINCA Microfinance Bank Board Members Team
Our Board of Directors brings a breadth of expertise and dedication to providing access to responsible financial services
Volker Renner
Board Member
Volker Renner
Volker Renner is a distinguished board member for FINCA Microfinance Bank Limited (“FINCA Tanzania”). He brings over 20 years of senior management and governance experience in microfinance across four continents. From 2004 to 2016 he served FINCA Impact Finance as Vice President for Credit and Savings, Global COO, and Regional Director for the FINCA Eurasia subsidiaries. Prior to joining FINCA, Volker held positions as CEO of ProCredit Bank (Ukraine), and was an advisor to banks in Russia and Ukraine. Volker has served as board chairman, board member, and member/chairman of Risk, Audit, HR and other committees in numerous microfinance institutions and banks. He is currently a board member in seven financial institutions of the FINCA Impact Finance network including Tanzania, Malawi, Georgia, Kosovo, Jordan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is also a board member in one non-financial institution in Germany.
Barbara Wasmus
Board Member
Barbara Wasmus
Barbara Wasmus is a senior SME/Microfinance banker with over 15 years of experience in developing markets and countries in transition. As a Partner and MSME finance consultant at Wasmus Consulting, she has implemented various short-term consultancy assignments for financial institutions, funds and donors in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Previously, Barbara held senior executive positions in financial institutions such as founding-CEO of ProCredit Bank Angola, deputy-CEO of ProCredit Bank Kosovo as well as served as Senior Investment Officer at Triple Jump. In addition to her consulting work, Barbara is also a member of the Credit Committee of Developing World Markets in the US.
Barbara is passionate about the design and implementation of effective operational and internal control systems in the context of greenfields, turnarounds, and major technological innovations in banks and MFIs. She is a Certified Expert in Risk Management from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and holds a master’s of arts degree in international relations from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
Monica Joseph
Board Member
Monica Joseph
In pursuit of fulfilling her passion for adding value to the financial sector, she established Monfinance Investment Group which focuses on providing business and financial advisory services to women SMEs.
Previously, she worked for Maktech & Tel, a telecom and ICT focused company specializing in providing telecommunication contracting services, represented in Tanzania, Kenya and Mozambique. She managed the corporate, business development, administration and financial systems of the group.
Monica holds an MSc in finance from University of Strathclyde UK, a post graduate diploma in financial management and an advanced diploma in accounting. She is an alumni of Harvard Business School’s women and power-leadership in a new world program and has been trained in financial inclusion and restructuring – a CFO summit USA program.
FINCA Microfinance Bank Management Team
Our management team brings vast experience, professional skills and expertise from various industry backgrounds
Edward Talawa
Chief Executive Officer
Edward Talawa
Edward is the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of FINCA Tanzania, responsible for the development and execution of business strategy and oversight of day-to-day operations of the institution.
Edward has vast experience in the banking industry, in commercial banks and microfinance institutions locally and internationally, spanning over 26 years. He started his career in 1992 as a computer systems business analyst and programmer at ICL Tanzania software house. He later on worked for major banks in Tanzania as head of IT at the National Bank of Commerce (“NBC”), National Microfinance Bank (“NMB”), before joining FINCA International, Inc. Edward served as Director of Information Services for FINCA Africa based in Kampala Uganda. He later joined Accion where he was supported Akiba Commercial Bank Tanzania to work as General Manager ICT. He held the role at Accion from 2012 until 2016. In 2017, he returned to FINCA International, Inc. as Board Member of FINCA Tanzania. In 2019 he transitioned to become interim CEO for FINCA Tanzania to spearhead its transformational changes.
Edward is native to the United Republic of Tanzania and is bilingual in English and Swahili. He earned an MBA in diploma management from the Henley Business School UK.
JALAL UL HAQ
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
JALAL UL HAQ
Jalal is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (“DCEO”) of FINCA Tanzania, who, in conjunction with the CEO, is responsible for the strategy and general management of the institution.
Jalal brings with him proven expertise in microfinance lending, operations and finance. Jalal served as Chief Financial Officer of FINCA Tajikistan from 2015 to 2020. He played an important role in developing and implementing a turn-around strategy where FINCA Tajikistan became profitable after three years in the negative.
Before joining FINCA Tajikistan, he worked as a Partner at BDO, based in Dushanbe, in the Audit & Advisory Group where he managed a portfolio of around 100 external audits and risk advisory clients each year, including many local banks and microfinance institutions. Prior to BDO, Jalal worked at PWC in Pakistan within the area of Assurance & Business Advisory Services.
He is a certified financial consultant from the Institute of Financial Consultants USA and Canada. Jalal also studied chartered accountancy from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and ACCA, UK.
FELICIAN LEONCE GIRAMBO
Chief Commercial Officer
FELICIAN LEONCE GIRAMBO
Felician brings with him vast experience in both credit risk and business banking. In the last 10 years, he has worked in several banks across different roles including Head of Credit, Personal and Business Banking at Stanbic Bank Tanzania Limited, Commercial Director at Akiba Commercial Bank, Head of Financial Inclusion at Letshego Bank Tanzania, Chief Credit Officer at DCB Commercial Bank Plc Tanzania, Senior Credit Officer at NMB Bank and Credit Analyst at CRDB Bank Plc.
Felician holds a MSc in finance from the University of Strathclyde, a post graduate diploma in financial management from Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands, and a BCom in finance from the University of Dar es salaam.
Felician has also attended several international trainings including a training on enterprise risk management from SIDA in Stockholm, Sweden as well as a leadership training in inclusive finance from the Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts USA.
Deusdedith Edward Mulindwa
Head Of Finance
Deusdedith Edward Mulindwa
Deusdedith is a great leader and team player, with strong interpersonal and communication skills. He is an effective driver of steady and sustainable financial growth for the company. Deusdedith joined the FINCA Tanzania team in December 2018. Prior to that he worked with BRAC Tanzania as the Head of Finance, as well as with KPMG East Africa. In KPMG Deusdedith worked in several roles and brings strong work experience in audit.
Deusdedith has been vetted and confirmed by Bank of Tanzania to head this position in the banking industry. He earned a bachelor’s degree in commerce and accounting as well as holds an MBA from the University of Dar es Salaam.
Beatus Malawa
Head Of Legal, Compliance And Company Secretary
Beatus Malawa
Beatus Malawa is an advocate of the High Court of Tanzania with over 7 years of experience advising general corporate entities in the areas of banking and finance, general corporate and commercial law, and litigation.
Beatus is the Head of Legal, Compliance and Company Secretary of FINCA Tanzania, as well as serves as a member of the Management Board charged with overseeing FINCA Tanzania’s legal operations and corporate governance. He acts as Secretary to the Board of Directors and respective Board Committee of FINCA Tanzania.
Prior to joining FINCA Tanzania, Beatus worked in a law firm where he started as a Legal Officer with AccessBank Tanzania Limited and grew to Senior Legal Officer. He then joined FINCA Tanzania as Senior Legal Counsel and later became Head of Legal, Compliance, and Company Secretary.
Beatus Malawa holds a bachelor’s degree in laws from Tumaini University, at Iringa. He also earned a postgraduate degree in law from the Law School of Tanzania.
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