Mark Wensley
Mark Wensley is an independent consultant to impact investors and foundations that catalyze inclusive fintech and digital marketplace platforms to offer “embedded finance” to low-income people and small enterprises in the Global South. As a Senior Advisor with Caribou Digital, he co-leads a Learning Partnership for a global Foundation that focuses on the use of digital technologies to increase women’s income generation and agency. He was previously a Digital Advisor to the UN’s Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), where he supported strategy, thought leadership activities, and policymakers to exchange insights on inclusive digital transformation. As an Associate Director at the Mastercard Foundation, Mark built and led the US $300 million portfolios for Next Generation Financial Services and Agricultural Finance, which supported Africa's most innovative banks, telcos, and fintechs to expand digital finance to over 12 million people. He started his career sourcing early-stage companies across Asia for Unitus, a pioneering impact investor that accelerated their growth with debt and equity investments and advisory - these were among the first microfinance companies to IPO globally.
Voting Member: Mark Wensley
Member since 2023