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Panel Speakers
Prof. Francesc Prior – Professor of Banking and Finance at Universitat Internacional
de Catalunya and Research Associate at IESE Business School
Francesc Prior Sanz has 15 years of international experience both in the financial
services industry and in academia. As a development financial consultant he has
undertaken numerous technical assistance projects for a vast number of donors
worldwide (World Bank, Inter American Development Bank, European Investment
Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and development, International Finance Corporation, Europe Aid,
MCC, SIDA..), in Latin America, Maghreb, Eastern and Western Europe, Asia and the USA. Previously, as
an executive within the banking industry (BBVA), he had managerial positions in electronic banking and remittances
activities in Spain and Latin America; and a consultant in the financial consulting industry (Arthur
Andersen & Co) in France, Spain, Israel, Portugal and Italy.
In academia, Dr. Prior Sanz has extensive experience as a professor, in the development of Business and
Finance programs and as a researcher. He currently serves as Professor of Banking and Finance at Universitat
Internacional de Catalunya (Barcelona) and as Research Associate at IESE Business School (Barcelona).
From 2005 to 2008, he was Director of the Financial Inclusiveness Program at Florida International University
(Miami). He has also taught banking and finance courses at Universities in various countries of Latin
America, Asia and Africa.
Santhosh Ramdoss - BRAC Uganda & Founder, ThinkChange India
Santhosh Ramdoss currently works with BRAC USA, the US office of BRAC, the
world’s largest development organization. In the last 2 years, Santhosh has acted
as a key resource in helping BRAC scale-up its microfinance and micro-franchising
initiatives in Uganda. BRAC Uganda is today the largest microfinance provider and NGO in the country,
touching the lives of more than 1.8 million people.
Santhosh is also one of the co-founders of ThinkChange India, a popular online platform tracking the field
of social entrepreneurship in India. In 2007, Santhosh co-founded Profits for People which won the NYU
Stern Social Venture Competition and today has been spun off as an independent social business, manufacturing
compostable plates in Southern India.
Santhosh holds a MBA from one of the top business schools in India and an MPA from NYU Wagner Graduate
School of Public Service, where he was also a Catherine B. Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship.
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