Lori Atwood Joins MicroVest as New Director of Business Development

MicroVest Capital Management, LLC announces the addition of Lori Atwood as the new Director of Business Development.

Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) October 21, 2006 -- MicroVest is pleased to announce the addition of Lori Atwood as Director of Business Development. In this capacity Ms. Atwood will have responsibility for development of MicroVest’s new initiatives and all capital markets transactions. Ms. Atwood has over 12 years of professional experiences in international finance and fund development, and brings to MicroVest expertise in fund structuring, investment analysis, mergers and acquisitions capital raising and financial consulting.

Ms. Atwood’s experience and dedication to the microfinance industry make her an excellent addition to the MicroVest staff. As a Senior Consultant for ShoreBank Corporation, she led the fund advisory business unit of ShoreBank International, which included advising clients on the establishment, structure and launch of emerging markets funds. As an investment officer, Ms. Atwood executed investment deals in microfinance and SME lending banks in Central Asia and the former Soviet Union.

Ms. Atwood’s past experiences also include investment management consulting with U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray. She provided financial consulting to foundations, individuals and non-profits while advocating socially responsible investing at conferences, seminars and community groups. Ms. Atwood also spent several years as an investment banker in London, working with emerging markets. Prior to that she participated in privatization work in the Czech Republic.

Ms. Atwood holds a Masters in Public Policy from Georgetown University. She received her Bachelors degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She is involved in various professional organizations, including Counterpart International and the National Security Network.

About MicroVest
MicroVest Capital Management, LLC (MicroVest) was created to link capital markets to the entrepreneurial poor throughout the world. MicroVest is an investment firm, providing debt and equity capital and management oversight to microfinance institutions with the long-term vision of building capital markets that work for the poor. MicroVest is the first private microfinance investment firm in the U.S. and aims to become microfinance's first true global intermediary. As such, MicroVest has raised the most private capital to be directed towards microfinance in North America. MicroVest Capital Management, LLC was founded by CARE, MEDA and the Seed Capital Development Fund - three non-profit organizations with longstanding credibility in the microfinance industry.

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