Biography
Yasmina Zaidman is the Chief Development and Partnerships Officer at Acumen, which works to change the way the world tackles poverty. She leads its work with funding partners that share Acumen’s commitment to entrepreneurial approaches to tackling poverty. She spearheaded Acumen’s gender integration work, co-authoring the report Women and Social Enterprises: How Gender Integration can Boost Entrepreneurial Solutions to Poverty with ICRW. Ms. Zaidman has worked in the arenas of international development, corporate sustainability, and social entrepreneurship for over twenty-five years. She serves on the boards of Fundacion Cacao de Colombia and Criterion Institute.
Regional Focus
Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, North America, South America, West and Central Africa