board of directors

Monish Dutt has been an Independent Director of SFCL since 2012. He retired from the board of the Company on June 30, 2020 and rejoined in October 2020. He is also a director of Sagicor Bank. Currently a consultant on Emerging Markets, he serves on several boards in these markets as well as on the board of FINCA Microfinance Holdings. Mr. Dutt is a seasoned investment professional who was employed with the IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, for 25 years. He held various positions with the IFC over the years, rising to the position of Chief Credit Officer for Global Financial Institutions and Private Equity Funds at the time of his departure from the organisation in 2011. He had also served as the Head of IFC’s Private Equity Advisory Group, Head of the Baltics, Central Europe, Turkey and Balkans Group, and as an Investment Officer for Africa, Latin America and Asia. Mr. Dutt has also represented IFC on the boards of investee companies. Mr. Dutt holds a BA in economics and earned an MBA from the London Business School. He is also a Chartered Accountant accredited as a Fellow by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.