CURRICULUM VITAE MUHAMMAD AWAIS BUTT

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE MUHAMMAD AWAIS BUTT Mob: [email protected] 1. Family name: Butt 2. First names: Muhammad Awais 3. Date of birth: September 08, Nationality: 5. Civil status: Married 6. Education: Institution [Date from - to] Degree [Subjects] Institute of cost & management accountants of [ ] Certified cost and management accountant [Financial management, financial accounting, management accounting, corporate law, cost accounting, etc] 7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic) Language Reading Speaking Writing English Urdu Hindi Membership of professional bodies: Social Performance Task Force, Banking with the Poor Network, PPI peer learning networks of, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Sri Lanka, SEEP, SPM network, Human resource development network of. 9. Other skills: Microsoft Office 10. Present position: Social Performance Specialist, Good Return Australia 11. Years within the firm: March Key qualifications: I worked as Regional Microfinance Programme Specialist for Asia in the Plan International regional office in Bangkok and previously I was Microfinance Expert with the European Commission in. I coordinated the Microfinance Donor Group of during my work with EC. My experience as National Programme Officer - Microenterprise Development with the National Commission for Human Development of includes creating opportunities for youth, especially girls in rural areas, to establish and expand microenterprises through technical skill training, business development services and microfinance. I have designed and conducted microfinance trainings in many countries on social performance, Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI), governance, transparency and accountability in MFIs, financial ratios, etc. I am an ambitious personality with the skills of entrepreneurship, leadership and being a team player. I possess the right attitude, diplomatic skills and patience to achieve objectives in large institutions with complicated environment. I have successfully demonstrated how to influence decisions which are not in one s sphere of control. Most important of all I believe in microfinance. 13. Specific experience in the country: Country, China, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, Laos, East Timor, Indonesia, Thailand Date from - to 1998 To Date

2 14. Professional Experience: Date Location Company Position Description May Work completed: 2012 to date Good Return / World Education Australia Social Performance Specialist (Part Time) Client protection assessment of TPC in Cambodia Launch of New Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI) in Nepal Client protection assessment of SECDEP in Philippines PPI training of SECDEP in Philippines Supported Keling Kumang Credit Union (Indonesia) in developing a triple bottom line (financial, social and environmental) strategy Client protection assessment of Keling Kumang Credit Union Social Audit of Keling Kumang Credit Union Environmental audit of Keling Kumang Credit Union Support Keling Kumang in poverty measurement and reporting using PPI Revision of PPI for Nepal Support Nirdhan Bank in PPI implementation Responsibilities: Provision of strategic advice to microfinance partners; Support the development and implementation of microfinance strategy; Capacity building of microfinance partners; Support the monitoring and evaluation system of microfinance programs; Represent Good Return internationally in forums, meetings and workshops. March 2012 to date NA Microfinance Consultant Work completed: 1. Social performance audit of 3 MFIs (Asasah, Rural Community Development Society - RCDS, Sath Development Society - SDS) in. 2. Client protection training of 30 members of Microfinance Organizations Network of (MON-PAK) 3. Client Protection Assessment of Akhuwat and Asasah in. 4. Social performance audit of Come To Save (CTS) in Bangladesh. 5. Client protection assessment of DSK MFI in Bangladesh. 6. PPI training of Nirdhan Uthan Bank Nepal. 7. Loan repayment capacity assessment of 4 MFIs (POPI, CTS, DSK and NM) in Bangladesh. Expertise: Programme development, monitoring and evaluation; Capacity building at institutional and client level; Social Performance Management: PPI based poverty measurement and reporting; consumer (/client) protection; social performance audit (CERISE SPI Tool); social

3 performance reporting; etc. Certified consumer (/client) protection assessor by The Smart Campaign; Certified social auditor of CERISE SPI Tool. March 2007 to Feb 2012 Bangkok, Thailand Plan International, Asia region Regional Microfinance Programme Specialist (June 2010 to Feb 2012) Regional Microfinance Advisor (March 2007 June 2010) Founded over 70 years ago, Plan is one of the oldest and largest INGO in the world. Plan works in 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia (14 countries) and the Americas annual budget 2009/10 USD 760 million. Plan Asia (directly) supported microfinance programmes have outreach of 215,000 clients with US$ 21 million in portfolio. My key achievements are: 1) Microfinance programmes (in general): Developed and implementing the regional microfinance strategy of Plan in Asia; Capacity building of partner MFIs to implement regional strategy; Provide technical support to microfinance programmes in 12 countries in Asia to improve quality and achieve desired results 215,000 active clients with US$21 million portfolio; Developed microfinance M&E system for Asia and produce MF annual report; Advice Plan countries on microfinance market analysis and selection of MFIs as partners; Advice Plan countries on loans and grants to MFIs; Advice Plan countries to integrate microfinance programmes with other programmes like water and sanitation, livelihood, HIV-AIDs, etc; Supported the development of financial literacy modules in Plan programme countries; Technically supported the establishment and implementation of 1) community managed microfinance programme (USD635,000) in urban slums of New Delhi, India; 2) youth microfinance programme (USD610,000) in Indonesia; 3) microfinance programme (USD500,000) for rural poor in ; 4) microfinance programme (USD300,000) in Siem Reap province of Cambodia in partnership with VisionFund Cambodia; 5) savings-led microfinance programme (USD250,000) in ethnic minorities area of Chang Rai province in Thailand; 6) village savings and loan (VSL) programme (USD100,000) in Vietnam in partnership with Women Union (government mass organization); 7) expansion of health microinsurance programme in Orissa, India; 8) expansion of five microfinance organization in Xian province of China in partnership with Women Federation (government mass organization). 2) Social Performance: a) Poverty measurement & reporting based on Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI) i) Promote and implement PPI with Plan microfinance partners and national microfinance associations in 10 countries -, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines and East Timor; ii) Conducted PPI trainings/sessions: ToT of 25 MFIs (56 people) in partnership with Microfinance Network (PMN) and Microfinance Organizations Network of (MON-PAK), ToT of 11 MFIs (32 people) in partnership with Lanka Microfinance Practitioners Association (LMFPA) Sri Lanka, ToT - jointly with

4 Oikocredit - of 7 MFIs (23 people) in Cambodia, training of 40 people in Vietnam and PPI orientation sessions in India, Nepal, Egypt,, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, etc; iii) As of Jan 2012, under my lead, 150,000 plus PPI score cards are collected in microfinance and non-microfinance programmes in 10 countries in 2 years; iv) Supported institutionalization of PPI-based poverty measurement and reporting in VisionFund Cambodia (110,000+ active clients) and Asasah (20,000+ active clients) and Akhuwat (25,000+ active clients) in ; v) Lead the PPI-based poverty measurement of the Cambodian microfinance sector in partnership with Cambodia Microfinance Association; vi) Authored PPI reports of Microfinance Organizations Network of (MON- PAK), Akhuwat in, Plan India, Microfinance Association of Nepal (MIFAN), VisionFund Cambodia; and VSL programme in Vietnam - some of these reports are available on microfinance gateway. Upcoming PPI reports are of 4 MFIs in Bangladesh (45,000 PPI scorecards), PPI-based poverty measurement of the Cambodian microfinance sector, and 2 nd PPI report of VSL programme in Vietnam; vii) Knowledge sharing on PPI implementation through blog-posts on Grameen website viii) Established PPI peer learning networks in, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Cambodia to develop local technical support and knowledge management; ix) Supported PPI certification of Asasah and Akhuwat in by Grameen Foundation; x) Technically supported Care India and GIZ Sri Lanka on PPI-based poverty measurement and reporting. b) Consumer (/client) Protection i) Certified Client Protection Assessor by the Smart Campaign; ii) Promote and implement client protection principles in partnership with The Smart Campaign in Plan microfinance partners and 11 national microfinance networks; iii) Conducted client protection trainings in partnership with national microfinance networks - of 85 institutions (154 people) in (ToT), China, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Laos. In these trainings, 60 plus MFIs completed their client protection self-assessments; iv) As Client Protection Assessor, lead the client protection assessment of ORIX and participated as a team member in the client protection assessment of Tameer Microfinance Bank of ; v) Being invited by The Smart Campaign to join its steering committee. c) Social performance advocacy and networking i) Conducted training of 60 plus MFIs (135 people aprox.) on social performance concepts, definitions and tools in Asia; ii) As a facilitator of Social Performance Task Force Asia Working group, expanded the group membership from 3 national microfinance networks (Sa-Dhan from India,

5 microfinance network, the microfinance council of the Philippines) to 12 national microfinance networks (Cambodia Microfinance Association, Vietnam Microfinance Working Group, Microfinance Working Group of Laos, Centre for Microfinance of Nepal, Credit and Development Forum of Bangladesh, China Association of Microfinance, Lanka Microfinance Practitioners Association, Microfinance Organizations Network of and Microfinance Institutions Network of India) and 5 support organizations (Plan International Asia, MicroSave, PlanetFinance, ACCESS India, Microfinanza and WaterCredit); iii) Conducted training of staff of 11 national microfinance networks (members of the SPTF Asia Working Group) on social performance; iv) Facilitated the development of social performance strategy of the Lao MF working group using the Decision Tree tool; v) Capacity building on SPTF universal standards of 14 members of MON-PAK; vi) Lead the development of vision, mission, strategy and action-plan of the SPTF Asia working group; vii) Support national microfinance networks to advocate for social performance to its members and industry stakeholders; viii) Supported SPTF Asia Working Group member networks in securing funding from SEEP and MFC social start-up fund; ix) Support SPTF and SEEP in managing the SPTF Asia Working Group; x) Supported SEEP in collecting feedback on SPTF universal standards from 100 plus MFIs in Asia through group members; xi) SEEP awarded 2011 Practitioner of the Year for SPM Working Group of Association. d) Social Audit i) Certified Social Auditor of CERISE SPI Tool; ii) Conducted Social Audit of Come To Save (23000 active clients) in Bangladesh and Rural Community Development Society (20000 active clients) and Asasah (21000 active clients) in ; iii) Trained 6 persons (in and Bangladesh) in completing their (SPI) social auditor certification; iv) Co-trainer with CERISE team for SPI certification programme for 12 national microfinance networks from 10 countries. e) Capacity building of microfinance team (17 staff) in Plan i) Organized SPM training by Microfinance Council of the Philippines (MCPI); ii) Organized PPI ToT by Grameen Foundation; iii) Organized Smart Certified Assessor training by The Smart Campaign; iv) Co-trainer with CERISE SPI tool certification programme for Plan microfinance staff. 3) Others:

6 a) Built the capacity of microfinance team of Plan Asia (17 people) by conducting training on microfinance monitoring and evaluation, ratios analysis, health microinsurance, reporting to MIX, social performance, etc; b) Supported the development of Plan global Household Economic Security strategy; c) Technically supported Plan India and Indonesia to get USD1.25 million grant from Barclays bank; d) Technical supported design, development and implementation of Livestock and Dairy Project of 2.18 million of Plan funded by European Commission; e) Technically supported the development of health microinsurance proposals of Plan India and Bangladesh to ILO microinsurance innovation facility; f) Technical supported the assessment of Plan s youth vocational training programme in 5 countries (India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Timor Leste and Sri Lanak) by YouthBuild international; g) Lead the programme team in Plan Asia office from April to August 2010 in the absence of deputy regional director of programme; h) Lead the development of 5 years country strategy plan of Plan offices in, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. 4) Trainings completed: a) Client protection assessor Centre for Financial Inclusion, ACCION Oct 2010 b) Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI) ToT by Grameen Foundation USA Sep 2009 c) Boulder Microfinance Training Boulder Institute of Microfinance Aug 2007 d) Microfinance Donor Training Financial Services for the Poor: How donors can make a difference UNCDF and CGAP Jan 2006 e) Social Enterprise Development Programme Specialization in Finance and Control McGill University and LUMS 2002/03 Nov 2004 to Feb 2007 European Commission Microfinance Expert Financial Services Sector Reform Programme (PFSSRP) had a total budget of 50M, 45M budgetary support to Govt. of and 5M for Technical Assistance (TA) to strengthen the sectors of Microfinance, Public Finance and SMEs. Ministry of finance represented govt. I lead the Microfinance section of the PFSSRP. Under microfinance, the objective was to strengthening the microfinance sector by creating enabling environment and efficient regularity framework, aid effectiveness, donor coordination, capacity development of demand and supply side, expansion of microfinance services especially to poor in rural areas and to promote best practices for sustainable microfinance services with greater outreach. I was responsible for identification and designing of TA projects, fund disbursements through grant, service and framework contracts (EC fund disbursement mechanisms) at international and national levels and monitoring and evaluation of those projects. Brief of my TA projects are as follows: 1. Title: Strengthening of 20 NGO-MFIs to access new sources of funding/finance

7 Contract / Budget: International service / 500,000 Implementers: Orangi Charitable Trust and PlanetFinance Results: Built the capacity of 20 NGOs-MFIs through trainings, MIS and development of Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs) and to link them with the commercial financial sector. It resulted in sustainable MFIs which expanded microfinance services in rural areas as 18 institutions were working in remote rural areas of Sindh. IFAD capitalized on this project further and linked these institutions to Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) a wholesale institution - under its Young Partners Development Programme. 2. Title: Development of certification courses for microfinance bankers Contract / Budget: National service / 199,999 Implementers: Human Dynamics Results: Development and implementation of certification courses for microfinance bankers. It was the first certification course for microfinance bankers in through accredited banking training institutes i.e. National Institute of Banking and Finance (NIBAF) and Institute of Bankers of (IBP) which ran the certification course on commercial basis. Through certification course, the staff of microfinance banks increased their professional knowledge and also injected new trained human force in microfinance sector of. 3. Title: Social impact assessment of six microfinance institutions Contract / Budget: National service / 180,000 Implementers: Syed Akbar Zaidi and team Results: Social impact assessment of six microfinance institutions highlighted the impact of microfinance programmes and provided an opportunity to these institutions to evaluate how successful they were in their missions. 4. Title: Development and implementation of Management Information System (MIS) Contract / Budget: National service / 150,000 Implementers: AMAN consulting and Askari Information System Results: MIS was developed and implemented in 16 Microfinance Institutions. MIS strengthened the microfinance operations, financial management systems, HR management and accounting systems. It helped management of MFIs to monitor, control and evaluate their microfinance programmes to make timely decisions and improve transparency. 5. Title: Technical assistance to 4 NGO-MFIs to separate their microfinance operations from other activities Contract / Budget: National service / 140,000 Implementers: Microfinance Network, FACET BV and AMAN consulting Results: 4 NGO-MFIs separated microfinance operations from other activities and trained staff to work in new environment. It brought better control, monitoring and evaluation of microfinance programmes for these institutions resulting in financially and operationally sustainable microfinance operations in transparent manners.

8 6. Title: Support to the Centre of Excellence in Microfinance Contract / Budget: National grant / 45,000 Implementers: Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar, Results: Supported the Centre of Excellence in Microfinance in Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar jointly with Financial Sector Strengthen Programme of SDC and Sarhad provincial government. It built the capacity of demand and supply side of microfinance through training courses, diploma courses, MBA in microfinance and to research studies. 7. Title: Establishment and support to Provincial Microfinance Networks Contract / Budget: National grant / 40,000 Implementers: Sarhad Microfinance Network Results: Established and supported provincial Microfinance Networks to develop strong linkages, networking and coordination among MFIs for capacity building, to promote best practices and knowledge management. 8. Title: Strengthening NGOs/CBOs in Sindh and Punjab provinces Contract / Budget: National grant / 36,000 Implementers: Orangi Charitable Trust Results: In collaboration with Orangi Charitable Trust (OCT) provided operational support to 14 NGOs/CBOs which extended financial services in poor rural areas of Sindh province. 9. Title: Research study - Causes of high drop-out rate amongst microfinance borrowers Contract / Budget: National service / 25,000 Implementers: CHIP Results: First time in South Asia, this dimension of microfinance sector was brought under research. The research identified reasons of drop-out and suggested actions to curtail this phenomena. It helped MFIs to reduce operational costs to identify and capacity building of new clients, to sustain existing outreach and to expand microfinance services. 10. Coordination of Microfinance Donor Group: I coordinated the Microfinance Donor Group consisted of WB, SDC, DFID, AsDB, UNDP, IFAD, USAID and EC for the whole period. It was the platform to share information, create synergies, develop a common vision of microfinance among donors and improve aid effectiveness. Key Initiatives of the group were Basket Fund to celebrate 2005 as a year of microcredit and CGAP s - Country Level Effectiveness and Accountability Review (CLEAR) of. In CLEAR exercise, I was the representative of microfinance donors (part of donor champions) and Microfinance Specialist. For more information visit website:

9 July 04 Oct 04 National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) National Programme Officer - Microenterprise Development National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) is a federal organization formed under federal ordinance to improve the human development indicators of. The Microenterprise Development programme was active in 21 Districts all over. I developed training manuals (market assessment, business development, financial literacy, etc) and conducted training of 50 plus district level Programme staff. The program key focus was establishment and expansion of youth microenterprises, especially of young girls, through skill training, business development services, financial literacy and linking with MFIs. I developed linkages and liaisons with Government Departments, INGOs, MFIs, NGOs and corporate sector for the establishment, support and expansion of the programme in existing and new Districts. I was responsible of establishment of programme in new districts. I prepared districts programme budgets, monitored and evaluated district programmes and conducted staff training on monitoring and evaluations. Sep 03 June 04 National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) District Programme Officer - Microenterprise Development I worked as District Programme Officer Microenterprise Development in the Narowal district, a remote district of Punjab bordering India. I developed linkages and liaised with district line departments, govt. & private technical training institutions, corporate sector, MFIs and local NGOs/CSOs for the establishment and expansion of the programme. I identified and trained 54 young girls as master trainer in Microenterprise Development throughout the district. These master trainers supported 600 plus females, 95% young girls, in establishing and expanding microenterprises through skill training, business development, financial literacy and linking with MFIs. 500 plus females got the microenterprise development training by master trainers and skill trainings by govt. & private technical training institutions, corporate sector and local NGOs and started or expanded their micro-businesses. I developed a Skills Transfer Project with the financial support of district government and technical support of football and hand-glove producers and embroidery fabric traders of neighbouring districts. As a result, fourteen model vocational schools were planned by the district govt. in Narowal. Sep 02 - Aug 03 Kashf Foundation (MFI) Branch Manager Kashf Foundation is a leading MFI in working with women with more than 200,000 active clients. I established a new branch in the semi rural area. Branch disbursed loans of PKR 14 million (USD175,000 aprox.) to 2,000+ females with 0% overdue or bad debt in 12 months. Mar 01 Aug 02 Organization for Participatory Development (OPD) Manager Finance OPD an NGO-MFI works in the urban slums and rural areas of Gujranwala district. As manager finance, my responsibilities were management of accounts and finance, proposal development for microfinance programme, and financial monitoring of microfinance programme. I successfully mobilized USD390,000 from Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) to expand microfinance programme. Development and implementation of financial literacy modules for microfinance clients. Also developed new financial products for the organization.

10 Jan 00 Feb 03 Al-Khair University Visiting Lecturer Member of curriculum development team for MBA-Finance. Visiting lecturer of Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting & Management Accounting of MBA classes. Jun 00 - Jan 01 Knit Knot Pvt. Limited Assistant Manager Accounts Knit Knot is a Hosiery company. My responsibilities were to maintain & handle the accounts, design and installation of cost systems, inventory system & planning and control of costs & wastages. Jan 98 - May 00 Orient Engineering Services Project Analyst To develop proposals against tenders and later monitor projects for costs, taxes and human resource. 15. References: 1) Sharon D onofrio Executive Director, SEEP Network 2) Laura Foose Director, Social Performance Task Force 3) Mark Schreiner Director, Microfinance Risk Management 4) Jeff Toohig Deputy Director, SPM Centre Grameen Foundation