External Director for FINCA subsidiaries in Latin America, Caribbean and Eurasia. Member of the Global Management Team of FINCA International (2010-2017). Specialized in global leadership for investments and transformations, strategy and capital increase at the holding and subsidiary level, sales, mergers and acquisitions.

Chikako Kuno established 4 bank subsidiaries in 2 years, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan (transformation), Pakistan (acquisition), Nigeria (Greenfield) and 4 subsidiaries with deposit capture. Chikako Kuno has 30 years of experience working in emerging markets in Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Africa and Latin America. Before joining FINCA, Ms. Kuno led the Small Business Finance team as director of the Group of Financial Institutions of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London. He also has previous experience in commercial banking and with the institutions of the Inter-American Development Bank