Philip Brown

Biography

Philip is an Impact Banker and Senior Risk Officer who works, to scale mission driven organisations, to achieve positive sustainable outcomes.
With over 40 years’ global experience within Citigroup across multiple divisions and functions, including Risk, Country Head, Business and staff positions in the US, Europe, Sri Lanka, Channel Islands and Audit and Risk Review for EMEA, he has a wealth of experience of many different facets of banking.
Recently retired he was a founding member and Managing Director Risk of Citi Inclusive Finance Group. Here he enabled Citi’s global businesses to commercially engage in inclusive finance (including Inclusive Fintech). This resulted in more than $4 billion in financing for microfinance and inclusive businesses.
Before moving to Citi Inclusive Finance, he was Citi’s Risk Director for Project Finance and Structured Trade Finance within EMEA.
Current external roles include the Governing Council of the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation, Emeritus member of the Advisory Council of the Centre for Financial Inclusion, the Investment Committee of the Habitat for Humanity MicroBuild Fund, Chair of the Credit Committee of Root Capital and the Finance Audit & Risk and the Finance & Risk and the Lending Committee of Big Issue Invest.