Greg Casagrande

Greg is a serial social entrepreneur and founded SPBD Microfinance Network in 2000 with its first entity in Samoa, and  further expanded to Tonga, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Greg also founded MicroDreams, a microfinance acceleration  fund, and Transformative Ventures LLC, a microfinance advisory company. Greg served as a director on several  microfinance-industry boards including: International Association of Microfinance Investors (IAMFI), Microfinance Pasifika,  and Planet Finance. He also serves as a Board member for Plebys, a “Base of the Pyramid” investment fund, and Water  Health International. Greg recorded significant achievement while at Ford Motor Company and Mazda Motor Company in  product development, manufacturing and financial management positions. He led teams in the U.S., Japan and Europe, and  while with Mazda he was honored to be the youngest-ever Buchou (Division GM) of any major Japanese company. Greg  began his career as an external public auditor with Coopers and Lybrand in New York City. Greg has a MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University, an MS in Accounting from NYU Stern, and a BA with Honors in Economics from Colgate  University. Greg is also a CPA.