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

As global director capital markets at Habitat’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter, Jyoti Patel oversees the global operations of MicroBuild, a US$100 million housing microfinance fund, and the development of the Shelter Venture Fund, a new initiative to support entrepreneurs on the supply side of the affordable housing value chain. Patel began her career in the United States with Fidelity Investments in 1998, working in the Equity Trading department for seven years as a quantitative analyst. She spent the next three years in the buy-side asset management working in quantitative analytics with Putnam Investments, Boston and Nuveen Investments, Chicago. In 2008, Patel joined ACCION Investments as a director of the Global Investments department overseeing investments in South East Asia. She also led a technology project in parallel to create financial and social performance metrics database and investment scoring models. As a consultant, Patel has worked extensively with US-based Foundations conducting credit appraisals of their international portfolios as well as structuring investment funds for social impact. Patel has a master’s degree in international business and finance from Southern New Hampshire University, and a diploma in computer technology from Clark University.