Roger Voorhies

Rodger Voorhies is the Executive Director of the Global Growth & Opportunity Division and a member of the Executive Leadership Team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Rodger Voorhies is president of the foundation’s Global Growth & Opportunity Division. He leads the foundation’s efforts to alleviate hunger and poverty for millions of farming families in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia by increasing agricultural productivity in a sustainable way. Prior to his current role, Rodger was Director of the foundation’s Financial Services for the Poor program.

Posts by Roger Voorhies

Opportunity International Bank of Malawi Part 2

In this video series-2 Roger Voorhies Founder and Former CEO, Opportunity International Bank of Malawi (OIBM) talks about the core focus areas that led to the development of OIBM as an institution. He stresses upon building a committed team around core values i.e. respect for poor, integrity etc.

Opportunity International Bank of Malawi Part 1

In this video series-1, Roger Voorhies, Founder and Former CEO, Opportunity International Bank of Malawi (OIBM), talks about the biggest challenges and natural advantages of doing microfinance in Africa.