Testimonials

“Thank you Anna for your impressive feedback on your risk management evaluation mission of OXUS Kyrgyzstan. Your realism, specific knowledge of the region, constructive approach have been greatly appreciated by all those with whom you worked in OKG. You have also worked out an impressive action plan together with OKG management. A great thanks for your experience –sharing and contribution.”

Fernand Pillonel

Chairman of the Board
OXUS Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan

“Mrs. Semenova provided high level strategic support towards strengthening institutional capacity on multiple fronts of the savings mobilization initiative at FINCA Tajikistan (F/TJ).  In collaboration with the F/TJ Savings Manager, the following components were developed and realized:

Institutional assessment, Savings mobilization strategy paper, Progress reports, Product implementation plan, Staff recruitment and training plan, Job descriptions for savings department personnel, Marketing Plan, Savings projections for 2013-2015, and a Savings Manual clarifying policy and procedures – all of which were circulated to the F/TJ Board of Directors, Eurasia Regional Director, and FINCA International Executive Team.

I thus give thanks and gratitude to Anna for the guidance provided towards the savings mobilization initiative at F/TJ, and for sharing her vision and strategy on what F/TJ needs to do in order to build a solid foundation/platform that will allow F/TJ to capitalize on the tremendous opportunities that exists within the financial sector of Tajikistan – most notably, to extend a broad package of high quality financial products/services to a largely underserved and unbanked population.”

Jerrold Smelcer

Chief Executive Officer
FINCA Tajikistan
Tajikistan

“It was a great pleasure to work with Anna. I was really impressed by her deep knowledge of financial issues, especially deposit operations. As a consultant for our organization she demonstrated flexibility and creativity in developing our savings framework despite that we had a specific focus for our microfinance organization. Her professional capacities are well balanced with human skills and made important contribution to effective collaboration with our team.”

Ulanbek Termechikov

Chief Executive Officer
Kompanion Bank CJSC
Kyrgyzstan

“I had the opportunity to work with Anna on a project in Kyrgyzstan, where she was the Team Leader of developing deposit-taking products for «Kompanion». Anna has proven leadership skills and is a valuable expert in savings mobilization, risk management and product development, expertise that we very much needed for that project. Anna’s commitment to results and professionalism has brought us impressive outcome and has contributed to BFC’s development in deposit policies elaboration. After a successful implementation of the project in Kyrgyzstan we decided to continue our collaboration and have invited Anna for a 4-year framework project in Russia and we hope to have the opportunity to work with her again soon. I highly recommend Anna for her dedication and strong work ethics, her perseverance and leadership qualities – she is indeed an esteemed professional.”

Michael Kortenbusch

Managing Director
Business & Finance Consulting
Switzerland