Dominiek Deconinck joined Incofin IM in 2008 where he is heading the equity investments' team as well as focusing on investments in Sub Saharan Africa.

Previously, Dominiek worked in venture capital investments in the SRI space, latest for Triodos Investment Management, covering its investments in Belgium and France in the sectors of renewable energy and organic food. He entered in the VC investments sector early 2000, when joining an investment firm that decided to structure and raise one of the first cleantech funds, Sustainable Energy Ventures, where he was fully involved in its investment cycle. This led him to also advising ParticipatieMaatschappij Vlaanderen, the holding company above Sustainable Energy Ventures, on the structuring and raising of the ARKimedes fund-of-fund (EUR 110 million). He executed half of its investments, specifically in technology oriented VC funds. Dominiek started his career as a researcher specializing in applied environmental research at the University of Antwerp.

Dominiek graduated as Master in Commercial Engineering and in Applied Economic Sciences and obtained a post master degree in Corporate Finance. Dominiek is fluent in Dutch, English and French and has a fair ability to express in German.

Elien Egaña joined Incofin in December 2010 as Legal Counsel.

Elien graduated at the Catholic University of Leuven as a Master in Business Law. She is currently finishing her Master studies in International relations at the University of Antwerp. Elien speaks Dutch, English and French.

Durdona Kadirova joined Incofin in 2011 as Senior Investment Manager to supervise Incofin IM's investments in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Mongolia.

Durdona has been working in the banking sector since 1996, when she started her employment with one of the largest local commercial banks in Uzbekistan. She has more than 10 years of experience in the microfinance industry all over Eastern Europe and the Central Asian region.

Prior to Incofin IM, Durdona worked as independent consultant for a number of esteemed organizations, including Triple Jump Advisory Services in Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan; Frankfurt School of Finance & Management in Moldova; and CHF International in Romania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has also worked as International Expert for UNDP in Turkmenistan, as Associate Banker for EBRD in Uzbekistan, as well as in various positions for FINCA in Kosovo, Georgia and Armenia.

Durdona studied Economics at the Agro-Economic University in Uzbekistan. She holds an MA degree in Banking from the Banking and Finance Academy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She is fluent in Uzbek, Russian and English and has good practical knowledge of Turkish.

Geert Peetermans is a microfinance specialist, who joined Incofin in 2002. Geert designed Incofin’s investment policy and is responsible for the coordination of the investment operations of Incofin’s Pool of Funds and for guiding the team of investment managers. Geert is Director of the Rural Impulse Fund, and sits on the Board of Directors of Edpyme Confianza in Peru, Fie Gran Poder in Argentina and Apoyo Integral Inversiones in Panama.

Before joining Incofin, he worked as a consultant for the Belgian Raiffeisen Foundation, an institution supporting microfinance in rural areas, where he published on the topic of “Guarantee systems in microfinance” (with support from ILO).
From 1997 until 2000, he was entrusted by a Belgian development organization to start microfinance operations of Acción Rural, a Greenfield MFI in Ecuador.

Geert studied economics at the University of Louvain. He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Dutch and has a fair ability to express in German and French.

Noémie Renier joined Incofin IM in November 2010 as Investment Manager responsible for Incofin IM’s investments in the Central Asian region.

She elaborated her experience in microfinance during an internship in India at IFMR Capital Finance in Chennai, India. She was also involved as a consultant at ESAF Microfinance and Investment Ltd in Thrissur, India.

Previously she worked as a Project Officer at the CEO/COO Advisory of BNP Paribas Fortis. Noémie started her professional career as International Management Trainee at Fortis Bank, where she has been involved in export financing in Singapore, leverage financing in London and initial public offerings and equity research in Brussels.

Noémie holds a Master degree in Management Sciences and a complementary Master in microfinance, both of the Solvay Business School in Brussels. She is fluent in French, English and Dutch and is currently learning Turkish.

Leslie Totté joined Incofin Investment Management as CFO in September 2011.

Leslie previously worked as assistant CFO at a Belgian industrial company and also 12 years as senior manager at Ernst & Young Belgium, one of the leading audit firms in the world. As assistant CFO he was responsible for setting up a financial performance management system. At Ernst & Young he was responsible for the statutory audit of several quoted and non-quoted clients, mainly private equity funds and investment companies.

Leslie studied economics at VLEKHO (Brussels) and followed several post graduate trainings at the Antwerp Management School (Financial performance management, Valuation of companies,..) and at other institutes (EVCA – Master Class in “IPEV Valuation Guidelines”, IBR, ..). He is fluent in English and Dutch.

Rita Van den Abbeel joined Incofin in 2002. As Chief Risk Officer she manages the overall risks within Incofin Investment Management and the different funds under management. She has also been appointed director Agrofinance, being the focal point of agricultural finance projects within the company.

Previously she was responsible as CFO for managing accounting, preparation of financial accounts (for Incofin Investment Management and the funds under management), currency risk hedging, tax policy, liquidity management, ALM, and the Management Information System.

Before that, Rita worked as an investment manager responsible for Africa. Before joining Incofin, she also worked for 12 years in Africa (Tanzania, Congo) on agricultural and agro-processing related projects. From 1998 until 2001 she managed a microcredit fund and business center in Tanzania.

Rita holds a Master in agronomy, with a specialty in tropical agriculture, phytotechnics and economics. She is fluent in English, French, Dutch and Kiswahili. She has a fair ability to express in German.
 

Anouk Van Tassel joined Incofin Investment Management in August 2011 as an Administration Officer.

Previously she worked as an Operation Agent for an American carrier at Brussels Airport.

She holds a degree in Tourism and Event Management. She speaks Dutch, French, and English and has a fair ability to express in Spanish.

Alexander Vuylsteke joined Incofin Investment Management in 2011 as Business Development Associate. He is responsible for designing funds and investment products, identifying potential investors and interacting with them before and after they have invested in Incofin products.

Prior to joining Incofin IM, Alexander worked for two years as a consultant at the international management consulting firm Bain & Company. He worked on turnaround and strategic growth projects for large European companies, mainly in financial services.

Alexander holds a Master in Business Engineering of the University of Leuven. He is fluent in Dutch, English and French, and has a fair ability to express in Italian.

Thomas Adank joined Incofin Investment Management in 2011 as Business Development Officer.

Prior to Incofin IM, Thomas volunteered eight months for Contactar, a microfinance institution based in Colombia. He worked directly with the CFO analyzing the organization’s finances and supporting the NGO in various tasks. Before working in Colombia, Thomas gained 12 years of experience in the financial sector in Switzerland. This includes 5 years as Investment Director in Galaxar SA, a Geneva based Family Office, as well as 7 years in UBS Switzerland, among others, in Private Banking and Investment Advisory.

Thomas holds a degree in Business Administration from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (Switzerland) and is currently a CFA Level II candidate. He is fluent in German and English and has good knowledge of Spanish and French.

Jerome Birolini joined Incofin Americas in 2010 as an investment manager for South America.

Prior to Incofin Americas, Jerome worked for 2 years as a Research Analyst at La Fayette Investment Management, a London-based fund of hedge funds. He was involved in both investment management and client relation activities. Prior to joining La Fayette, he worked for more than 2 years for Capital International Limited, one of the world's leading traditional investment managers, where his duties included performance, portfolio and risk analysis.

Jerome obtained a B.A. in finance from Reims Management School (France) and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He is fluent in French, English and Spanish.

Lina Ramirez gained six years of experience in the financial sector, having worked in various positions for Citibank Colombia. She started her career working as a Credit Risk analyst, responsible for analyzing companies from diverse sectors such as the chemical, plastics and finance industries. After that, she worked as a banker, specializing in finance. Her responsibilities included offering transactional, treasury and corporate finance services to insurance companies, stock brokers and microfinance institutions. Most recently, Lina worked as an investment banker, specializing in M&A transactions in the Andean region of South America.

Lina obtained an MBA from Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School in Belgium. She also holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia. Lina is fluent in Spanish and English and is learning French.

Prashant Bhardwaj joined Incofin India in 2012 as an Investment Analyst for South Asia.

Prior to Incofin, Prashant worked for twenty months at IFMR Capital in Chennai, India. Here he conducted  due diligences of more than 20 financial institutions for micro loan and enterprise loan finance companies and was involved in fundraising for the microfinance Institutions through Structured Debt Products . He also worked on developing innovative asset-backed financing structures for Microfinance. Before that Prashant worked for Infosys Technologies Ltd where he was involved in the development of a Loan Originating System for Wells Fargo Bank.

Prashant holds a MBA in Rural management from Institute of Rural Management Anand, India (IRMA) and  Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electronics & Telecommunications) from Army Institute of Technology  Pune, India.