Helene Meurisse

Experience

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  Southwestern

  Jun 2003 - Sept 2007

  Sales Leader

  Summer internships from 2003 to 2007Relocated each summer in a different state: Washington, New Mexico, Montana, Oregon and Idaho• Recruited, trained and managed sales forces of 10 to 12 persons• Led by example, coached, developed a vision for the team• Managed logistics, defining sales areas and targets, and motivating staff • Door to door cold selling of educational books to American families• Executed all demonstration, ordering, accounting, scheduling and deliveryMajor achievements• Gold Award for working more than 80 hours per week, each summer from 2003 to 2007• Triple Growth Award for increasing personal retail sales by $13.000 over the previous year, three times in a row (summers 2005, 2006 and 2007) reaching $79.600• Spencer Hays Award for excellence in recruiting a 10+ person-team, summer 2006• Top Student Manager Award for excellence in management, summers 2005, 2006 and 2007 Show less

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  Fondacio Chile

  Dec 2003 - Jun 2004

  Project Coordinator

   Full time volunteering for the project Casa Mision Jesus Niño  Took care of children in precarious situations and did preventative work Drew up provisional budgets and estimated financial needs for the following year  Created a brochure to communicate about the project and develop fundraising Won a 3.000 EUR grant from BGL BNP Paribas Foundation

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  BNP Paribas

  Mar 2008 - Sept 2011

  Relationship Manager

  • Monitored and built a long term relationship with financial professionals such as Asset Managers, Independent Financial Advisors and Family Officers• Monitored the representation desk based in Singapore for expatriate clients• Provided advice on financial and fiscal solutions based on identified clients’ needs • Managed daily client operations and inquiries within established deadlines and procedures• Developed new business opportunities by creating a prospects database and making business appointments to convert them into clientsMajor achievements • Expanded our market throughout the Caribbean, and extended our services to new types of clients Show less

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  United Nations

  Jul 2012 - Dec 2012

  Economic Affairs Consultant

  • Conducted literature reviews and desk researches• Collected data and carried out economic trends analyses• Contributed to the writing of policy briefs on economic and social development, Millennium Development Goals achievement, inclusive growth, urbanization and regional economic integration including transport connectivity, and food and energy security with focus on South Asian least developed countries• Assisted in the implementation of projects and activities in the region Show less

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  IFC - International Finance Corporation

  Feb 2013 - now

  Lead and manage financial inclusion advisory projects in Latin America and the Caribbean designed to:• Strengthen female entrepreneurs and their businesses • Strengthen the diversity and inclusion agenda of financial institutions • Foster green construction finance and markets • Increase smallholder farmers' access to finance • Lead advisory projects with financial institutions in LAC, and manage client relationships• Projects' scope: Gender MSME finance in Brazil, Risk Management in Paraguay, Surety bond in Haiti, Digital Finance and Agrifinance in Honduras and Nicaragua• Lead business development activities in the LAC region• Lead knowledge sharing events on financial inclusion

  • Operations Officer

    Jul 2018 - now

  • Associate Operations Officer

    Jul 2014 - Jun 2018

  • Operations Analyst

    Feb 2013 - Jun 2014