SPBD is a network of microfinance organizations working in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, and Solomon Islands dedicated to eradicating poverty by empowering women in poor rural villages with the opportunity to start, grow and maintain sustainable, income generating micro-enterprises.

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James Young

SPBD Samoa
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Jim is a graduate of Princeton University with an Economics degree and received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. He also completed the CFA program. Jim works as an investment analyst at West Family Investments, a private family office, in Evanston IL. Before his current position, he worked at Goldman Sachs for 19 years - Equity Research for 3 years in New York City and Institutional Equities Sales for 16 years in Chicago. Jim is committed to microfinance and its basic premise of helping people help themselves. In addition, Jim is the Chair of the Mission & Outreach (M&O) group at First United Methodist Church in Evanston. M&O is focused on poverty alleviation at the International, National, and Local levels.