Hugh Allen

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Hugh Allen

Hugh Allen is the CEO of VSL Associates, a company that focuses exclusively on supporting savings group work worldwide.

Hugh Allen started out as a VSO in Kenya and has worked in international development since 1970. He worked exclusively in overseas development in the initial years and shifted to microfinance in the early 1990s. He set up VSL Associated Ltd. in 2006 to make Savings Groups his only focus. Hugh has published numerous manuals and set up the online SAVIX MIS, which is used by over 1,500 institutions worldwide to track the performance of their Savings Group programs.