Werner Thorne
Well-rounded Portfolio Manager (business, credit risk, and operations), development expert with over 25 years professional experience in impact development, project management, banking, micro finances, small holder agricultural lending, agriculture value chain, capacity building, training, and technical assistance; with wide experience managing loan portfolio in Latin-American and Caribbean, and having exchanges trips in Africa. Proven leadership skills in building long-lasting partnerships and working with high performance teams; detecting, structuring and developing strategies; problem solving and process management and improvement.
Expertise: credit assessment, management of lending risk, trade finance, infrastructure lending, negotiation of subordinated and syndicated loans, and compliance. Significant experience in people management roles, with a focus on mentoring and development. Focused on strategic planning; market analysis and business plan development; program development, monitoring and evaluations; partnership building and management.
Voting Member: Werner Thorne
Member since 2021