Angela de Michele

Key strengths: Microfinance, fintech, research, implementation

Angela is a microfinance practitioner, enthusiastic about the power of data and technology in driving financial inclusion and fostering development. She has several years of experience working with Italian private foundations and non-profit organizations, as well as with microfinance institutions in South Africa and Kenya. Her projects focused on innovation and the re-design of business processes to increase operational efficiency by leveraging data, ICTs and mobile money. She has also coordinated academic research that evaluated the impact of microfinance pilot interventions. Angela has expertise in advanced quantitative methods and applied economics, including STATA, with full fluency in Italian and English.Angela holds an MSc in Economics and Social Sciences from the Università Bocconi in Milan, Italy.