NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Brian Milder is the Founder and CEO of Aceli Africa. He envisions a world where social and economic development are fully compatible with environmental stewardship, and where public policy steers capital markets towards these goals. Previously as Chief Innovation Officer for Root Capital, he led the impact and advisory teams and designed impact-linked finance mechanisms to expand lending for new borrowers and support tree crop replanting. He is also a co-founder and serves as Director of the Council on Smallholder Agricultural Finance (CSAF), an alliance of 16 impact lenders that promote industry standards and best practices for agricultural SME lending globally.