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

Nisha Singh is an Independent Consultant with experience promoting access to finance and financial market systems development, with a focus on women’s economic empowerment and inclusion. She is an internationally experienced development professional, strategist, facilitator, trainer and project manager, born and educated in India and now based in Washington, D.C. Nisha has worked with a range of institutions from small NGO’s to multi-lateral donors, private sector actors and policy makers on promoting access to finance and market systems development. Since 2017 her work focused on increasing economic opportunities for women through innovations in financial services as well as gender mainstreaming at an institutional level. Nisha has a master’s degree from the School of Social Policy at University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the University of Hyderabad.