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

Prabhat Labh is CEO of Grameen Foundation India. An international development expert with more than two decades of experience, he has led programs and initiatives across Asia, Africa and North America that focus on financial inclusion, enterprise development and livelihoods. He previously designed and led programs focused on access to savings services for low-income populations at MasterCard Foundation, Canada, and also served as the senior technical adviser for CARE USA’s Access Africa initiative, where he provided technical assistance to more than a dozen country programs across Asia and Africa. Prior to CARE, he served on the faculty of entrepreneurship development at the Institute of India, where he focused on the development of youth-led microenterprises and rural industries. He holds a post-graduate diploma from the Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, and a bachelor’s degree (Hons) in statistics.