Mirjam ‘t Lam is the Managing Director for Oikocredit International since 1 december 2021. Before she was the Director of Finance & Risk of Oikocredit International. The largest part of her career she worked with Rabobank, including in countries like Rwanda and India. Her last job was Chief Financial Risk Officer at Rabo Development.
Mirjam studied International Business at the University of Maastricht.
Mirjam is 44 years old and lives with her partner in Heerde.
About Oikocredit: it is one of the largest social impact investors in microcredit, agriculture and renewable energy in the world since 1975. With a network of more than 500 partners, they impact the lives of 32 million people in countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Oikocredit raises capital from approximately 60,000 investors and has more than 1 billion euros in total funds to deploy.
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Books that are mentioned:
Human Kind: A hopeful history – Rutger Bregman
De meeste mensen deugen – Rutger Bregman
Dead Aid: Why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa -Dambisa Moyo
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