Linda Jones

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  Paris, Ontario, Canada

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  Dr Linda Jones is a globally recognized thought-leader and action-oriented practitioner in private sector engagement and inclusive market and financial system development often with a GEDSI lens. On a practical level, Linda has experience working in women’s empowerment and gender inclusion from the microenterprise to the corporate level; her finance experience ranges from microfinance through agricultural value chain finance and SME banking to a range of investment types (private equity, development finance, impact and gender lens investment, blended finance). Linda has designed, launched, managed and/or advised on programs across Asia-Pacific (and other regions) for 20 years: for example, MEDA/Sarona’s Impact Investing in Frontier and Emerging Markets (INFRONT); Asian Development Bank’s Private Sector Operations Department; GAC’s WEE programming in Myanmar; SEEP’s work in the Philippines; CDC consulting in India; Katalyst gender advisor in Bangladesh; and DFAT’s GREAT Vietnam, ACCESS Cambodia, Laos-Australia Development Learning Facility, PRISMA Indonesia, BPPs in Myanmar and Pakistan, MAMPU/AIPTIS Indonesia, and the Market Development Facility in Fiji, Timor-Leste, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Linda has contributed to the advancement of knowledge and practice in the development of widely used tools for in market systems and GEDSI such as the M4P WEE Framework (2011), WEAMS Framework (2016), Gender Equality Mainstreaming (GEM) Framework for SME investments (2017), Women’s Economic Empowerment: Transforming Systems through Development Practice (2019) and the FAO’s Agricultural Value Chain Finance (2010). Linda is a Commonwealth Scholar and has a PhD in Anthropology from McMaster University, Canada where she received numerous awards for academic excellence. FIELD BUILDING CONTRIBUTIONS Co-founder of the Canada Forum for Impact Investment and Development Co-founder and Chair of the Board for Women Advancing Microfinance, Canada Chair of the Board the SEEP Network Founding Director of the International Centre for Women’s Leadership, Coady International Institute Author of extensive publications from articles in peer-reviewed journals to books, frameworks, reports and manuals Regular blogger, conference presenter, workshop facilitator and trainer for a range of venues including the BEAM Exchange, ANDE, AVPN, the SEEP Network, DFAT Supplier Conference, Next Billion, Boulder Institute etc. Editor of the Enterprise Development and Microfinance Journal (volunteer role) Cowater International

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  Cowater International

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  Dr Linda Jones is a globally recognized thought-leader and action-oriented practitioner in private sector engagement and inclusive market and financial system development often with a GEDSI lens. On a practical level, Linda has experience working in women’s empowerment and gender inclusion from the microenterprise to the corporate level; her finance experience ranges from microfinance through agricultural value chain finance and SME banking to a range of investment types (private equity, development finance, impact and gender lens investment, blended finance). Linda has designed, launched, managed and/or advised on programs across Asia-Pacific (and other regions) for 20 years: for example, MEDA/Sarona’s Impact Investing in Frontier and Emerging Markets (INFRONT); Asian Development Bank’s Private Sector Operations Department; GAC’s WEE programming in Myanmar; SEEP’s work in the Philippines; CDC consulting in India; Katalyst gender advisor in Bangladesh; and DFAT’s GREAT Vietnam, ACCESS Cambodia, Laos-Australia Development Learning Facility, PRISMA Indonesia, BPPs in Myanmar and Pakistan, MAMPU/AIPTIS Indonesia, and the Market Development Facility in Fiji, Timor-Leste, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Linda has contributed to the advancement of knowledge and practice in the development of widely used tools for in market systems and GEDSI such as the M4P WEE Framework (2011), WEAMS Framework (2016), Gender Equality Mainstreaming (GEM) Framework for SME investments (2017), Women’s Economic Empowerment: Transforming Systems through Development Practice (2019) and the FAO’s Agricultural Value Chain Finance (2010). Linda is a Commonwealth Scholar and has a PhD in Anthropology from McMaster University, Canada where she received numerous awards for academic excellence. FIELD BUILDING CONTRIBUTIONS Co-founder of the Canada Forum for Impact Investment and Development Co-founder and Chair of the Board for Women Advancing Microfinance, Canada Chair of the Board the SEEP Network Founding Director of the International Centre for Women’s Leadership, Coady International Institute Author of extensive publications from articles in peer-reviewed journals to books, frameworks, reports and manuals Regular blogger, conference presenter, workshop facilitator and trainer for a range of venues including the BEAM Exchange, ANDE, AVPN, the SEEP Network, DFAT Supplier Conference, Next Billion, Boulder Institute etc. Editor of the Enterprise Development and Microfinance Journal (volunteer role)

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  Linda Jones has prior experience in the following industries:
  Cowater International , Meda , Meda , Meda , International Centre For Womens Leadership Coady International Inst , Aga Khan Foundation Geneva , The Seep Network , Meda

• What is Linda Jones’s work experience?  

  Linda Jones has the following professional experience:
  Cowater International , Cowater International , Meda , Meda , Meda , International Centre For Womens Leadership Coady International Inst , Aga Khan Foundation Geneva , International Gesi Consultant , The Seep Network , Meda .

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  Cowater International