Karina Broens Nielsen is CGAP’s results measurement specialist and is based in Paris. She has 13 years of experience working for international development institutions on results measurement, digital financial services, rural finance, small and medium-sized enterprise finance, and agriculture.
Before joining CGAP, Ms. Nielsen worked for the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the European Commission’s delegation to the United Nations, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where she designed, managed, and evaluated multimillion dollar international programs with private sector actors and government partners in Eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia. In these positions, Ms. Nielsen developed guidance and frameworks to assess results for various types of grants and loans.
Ms. Nielsen has a Master’s degree in Public Administration (Candidata Scientiarium Administrationis) and a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration and Social Science from Aalborg University, Denmark. She also studied International Relations and Development at London Guildhall University.
