Arc News Headlines
Managing Director and Co-Founder Nicola Armacost on Microfinance
Link TV: Television Without Borders
Power off the grid: Solar panels empower the rural poor
Sep 25, '09 MediaGlobal
SELCO India Announces Social Growth Financing Investment
From The Good Energies Foundation, The Lemelson Foundation and E+Co
Jan 12, '09 Selco Press Release
The battle for the soul of microfinance
Dec 5, '08 Financial Times
Power to the people
October 27, 2008 Financial Times
Vanessa Ward
Director of Communications
Vanessa Ward handles communications for Arc Finance. Vanessa has more than 15 years of experience in microfinance and sustainable energy. In addition to her work with Arc, Vanessa is a communications consultant for the World Bank’s microfinance policy and research center, the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), and was a Communications Programme Manager for the United Nations International Year of Microcredit 2005. Vanessa has also supported the communications initiatives of the United Nations Office of Project Services; and the global microfinance network, Women’s World Banking; and worked as an associate producer on a documentary television series filmed in conjunction with the UN.
Vanessa began her career as an intern for Dr. RK Pachauri at the then-named Tata Energy Research Institute in New Delhi, India, and subsequently served as a research associate in the Energy Program of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Vanessa is a graduate of Harvard University.