Mary Ellen Iskenderian

Mary Ellen Iskenderian
President and CEO of Women's World Banking

Mary Ellen Iskenderian is President and CEO of Women's World Banking, the world’s largest network of microfinance institutions and banks.

Iskenderian leads Women's World Banking's global team, based in New York City, in providing technical services and strategic support to 39 microfinance institutions and banks in 27 countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Iskenderian joined the organization in 2006.

Iskenderian has more than 20 years of experience in building global financial systems throughout the developing world. She is a strong advocate for moving microfinance beyond credit by providing low-income women with a full suite of financial products and services and a proponent for the role of responsible investment in the microfinance sector. Iskenderian has spoken widely on microfinance at Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Wharton and at numerous industry and banking forums including the annual conference of Cercle des économistes, the Council on Foreign Relations, the IDB Foromic and the Microcredit Summit. She has been published in Forbes magazine and The Wall Street Journal; is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review blog; and is frequently quoted in the media, including the Financial Times, Newsweek, Time, BBC News and the Atlantic.

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