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Making Enterprise SOCIAL
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Microfinance to defeat global poverty
Traditionally, credit services are only provided to people with income or collateral. Microfinance is able to fill this gap by providing innovative and suitable micro credit services including housing, savings and fund transfer for the low income people without collateral. Adopting the same concept, Grameen Bank provides short term micro credit to people with productivity to improve their lives.
HKSEC proudly presents the last Social Entrepreneur Talk of 2009 with the special theme on Microfinance. We are honored to have invited Ms.
Jennifer Meehan, CEO (Asia Region) of Grameen Foundation, and Mr. Herman To, Director of Habitat for Humanity China, to interpret how
microfinance fight against the poverty problem, as well as its potential developments in Asia and Greater China.
Click here for more details and here for the Chinese version.
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Program Rundown
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2:30pm Opening Remarks
2:40pm Presentation by Ms. Jennifer Meehan, Grameen Foundation
3:25pm Q&A
3:40pm Presentation by Mr. Herman To, Habitat for Humanity China
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About Us
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HKSEC is a business plan competition to help turning creative business
ideas into meaningful and sustainable commercial ventures that promote
social good. Since 2007, organized by Center for Entrepreneurship of the
Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSEC has been at the frontier in
educating students and the general public about social enterprises in
Hong Kong. Visit our websites below for more details.
www.sechallenge.hk
www.facebook.com/hksec
For enquiry, please contact
Email：hksec2009@sechallenge.hk
Phone：2609-1967 or 2609-7542
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Event Details
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Date: December 19, 2009 (Sat)
Time: 2:30pm to 5:00pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre, 1/F, Hong Kong Productivity Council, 78 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong (map)
Guest Speakers: Ms. Jennifer Meehan, CEO (Asia Region) of Grameen Bank and Mr. Herman To, Director of Habitat for Humanity China
Language: English
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Guest Speaker
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Jennifer
Meehan joined Grameen Foundation in February 2005 as the founding Director of
the Capital Markets Group, during which time she led the development and launch
of the Growth Guarantees product. She brings over 15 years of experience in
banking, specifically project financing with the Chase Manhattan Bank (now JP
Morgan Chase), and microfinance. She has been based in Asia for the last 13
years, currently in Hong Kong.
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Mr.
Herman To, formally trained in Accountancy and qualified as a Solicitor in Hong
Kong, spent only a short few years in professional work and had a career
in business investments before his retirement six years ago into non-profit.
Herman
was Deputy Chairman and now Counsel to the Board of Sowers Action, the Hong Kong charity for education.
He is also a director of Habitat for Humanity China and will be actively
participating in the Sichuan
rebuilding work.
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Upcoming Events
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- January 16, 2010 (Sat)
Semi Final Presentation Day
- February 6, 2010 (Sat)
Grand Final Presentation Day
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