Greg Chen

Regional Representative for South Asia. Based in Dhaka Bangladesh, Greg works to deepen CGAP’s engagement across eight countries in South Asia, collaborating with regional partners on technology, policy, and funding issues. Greg has deep experience in microfinance as a practitioner in an MFI, as a manager of a national microfinance association, and as a technical advisor on small business lending. His engagements include extensive policy work with central banks and with many of the region’s leading microfinance institutions and commercial banks. Prior to CGAP, Greg worked for the Aga Khan Development Network and ShoreBank International, and he brings commercial banking experience from Bank of America. His education combines an undergraduate degree in economics from Wesleyan University and a master's degree from Harvard’s Kennedy School. An American national, Greg has been resident in South Asia for most of the last twelve years.