Kristen Castel, SPBD Tonga

Kristen believes in microfinance as a way to change the world by empowering women to take their destiny in their own hands. ​Kristen is COO and Head of Product for a sustainable investing firm that seeks to align investor personal values and financial goals. She has more than a decade of experience as a product developer at large financial institutions. Most recently, she was an Executive Director in JPMorgan Private Bank. Prior to that she was a Director at BlackRock, designing and launching investment funds for U.S. Wealth Advisory clients.

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Kristen earned an MBA focused on Finance, Marketing and Entrepreneurship from Drexel University. She received a BS in Finance, magna cum laude, from Loyola University Maryland. Additionally, she completed a semester at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.