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> Posted by Danielle Piskadlo, Senior Program Specialist, CFI

The Investing in Inclusive Finance program at the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion explores the practices of investors in inclusive finance. Across areas including risk, governance, stakeholder alignment, and fund management, this blog series highlights what’s being done to help the industry better utilize private capital to develop financial institutions that incorporate social aims.

Governance challenges vary greatly between institutions and regions, and that is why there is such a great opportunity for boards and MFIs to learn from each other by sharing their personal experiences.

Earlier this month the CFI’s Investing in Inclusive Finance program, along with Calmeadow and Boulder Institute of Microfinance, hosted a governance seminar in Mexico called Governance Leadership in a Competitive World. The seminar was structured as a peer-to-peer learning opportunity to engage board members and CEOs in an active dialogue. Participants discussed the challenges they face in governance and risk, and their roles and responsibilities in setting and monitoring the MFI’s mission and strategy. The cases, tools, and materials presented at this seminar created an opportunity for board members to share their experiences and to learn governance best practices from each other. While there are many complexities and nuances to governance, below are 12 practices we hope will be implemented from our governance seminar.

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