Gift Mpoola
Gift is a financial sector policy and financial inclusion specialist with over 25 years of experience across microfinance & rural finance operations, SME and agricultural finance, green and sustainable finance and international development consulting. Core strengths include financial sector policy/strategy advisory, diagnostics, multi-stakeholder coordination, project management, results-based M&E, investment analysis, capacity building, and translating policy frameworks into operational programmes that reach underserved populations — smallholder farmers, MSMEs, women, youth, and forcibly displaced persons.
His career spans institutional leadership in different microfinance institutions, progressing from frontline credit delivery to regional management and executive-level roles, followed by advisory work with central banks, ministries of finance, and international bodies across Malawi, Tanzania, and Nigeria. His consulting experience includes roles with Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), Canadian Cooperative Association, and IFAD funded projects.
He is Malawian and holds a Master of Business Administration from University of Nicosia, Cyprus and a Bachelor of Social Science Degree from University Malawi.