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November 09, 2006
Chuck Waterfield, Founder, MFI Solutions, 11-10-06
Chuck Waterfield was educated as an Electrical Engineer and then returned to study economic development for his masters degree. He has worked for over 20 years in the area of microfinance in the developing countries of the world. Due to his work in this field, he has lived in Haiti, Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico, and has traveled to over 50 countries of the developing world. After heading up the microfinance work in two international non-profits, Mr. Waterfield started his own consulting company ten years ago. He has developed “Microfin”, the most widely used financial projection and planning software for microfinance institutions, and he travels around the world training senior managers in how to develop business plans and use the software.
MFI Solutions is a consulting agency specializing in providing practical management assistance to microfinance institutions around the world. The company was started in 1998 by Chuck Waterfield, is based in Lancaster, PA, and contracts eight to ten additional consultants each year. MFI Solutions is best known for “Microfin”, used by the majority of microfinance institutions in their annual and long-range planning processes.
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