Ruth Dueck Mbeba, Senior Microfinance Consultant, MEDA, has over 20 years’ experience in accounting – as a public accounting, as a controller, and as a practitioner and consultant in the field of microfinance. She was based in East Africa for 8 years, serving as a Finance and Training Specialist and Senior Consultant with MEDA.

Ms. Dueck-Mbeba has extensive experience in building capacity at all levels of a micro-credit organization and in the development and implementation of appropriate systems and tools for best practices in microfinance. She also has considerable experience in the design and delivery of microfinance training curriculum and workshops, particularly in the area of accounting, financial management, risk management, internal controls and internal audits. She has conducted training for the Boulder Institute (Turin and Chile), MDI Ghana, the School of Applied Microfinance in Kenya and for MicroSave in India.

Her range of country experience includes Afghanistan, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Pakistan, Tanzania and Thailand. She has also served as the Facilitator of SEEP’s Financial Services Working Group. Ms. Dueck-Mbeba is a Certified General Accountant (Canada), holds a certificate in Adult Education and is a candidate for the Certified Internal Auditor designation.