Minerva Kotei
Gender, Data and Awards Lead, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Minerva Kotei leads work on Women’s Entrepreneurship Finance (WEF), Data, and Awards at the SME Finance Forum. She has over 20 years experience in emerging markets financial sector working in SME and gender finance, leasing, capital markets, data analytics and institutional advisory services. She has worked on a broad range of financial sector interventions providing solutions to financial institutions and policy makers in several countries in East Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, East and West Africa regions. She has led several knowledge initiatives including the development of a Global Leasing Toolkit/ Manual to disseminate IFC’s extensive leasing experience, WEF Community of Practice, and Global SME Finance Awards Program. Prior to joining IFC, she worked with leading financial institutions in Ghana.
