Bob Christen

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Bob Christen

Bob is the President and the Founding Board Member of Boulder Microfinance. He currently holds the position of Deputy Director General at Compartamos Banco in Mexico.

Bob is the President and the Founding Board Member of Boulder Microfinance. He has worked in more than forty countries as a consultant to governments, banks, and providers of microfinance services. In addition, he has worked as the Director of Financial Services to the Poor at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a Professor of Practice in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and a Senior Advisor for the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) at the World Bank. Bob has an M.A. in Agricultural Economics and Development Finance from The Ohio State University.