Guy is Executive Director of Microfinance Opportunities. He provides the strategic vision for the organization in close collaboration with MFO’s team of dedicated professionals.
Guy has extensive experience conducting research on the financial capabilities of low-income consumers. His research has been published in books, peer reviewed journals, working papers, and blogs.
Before becoming Executive Director, Guy was a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School where he taught courses in management and microfinance for 13 years. At the same time he was a Senior Advisor to MFO and served as Principal Investigator on five Financial Diaries studies and as project leader for the development of the Financial Capabilities Index Web Portal.
Guy received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1994, and he is currently a Fellow at the Ash Center, Harvard University.
What inspires you about your work currently?
MFO has a terrific team of people and I am honored to work with them. We are all dedicated to improving the well-being of low-income consumers globally by supporting their efforts to gain control of their financial lives. This is such important work given the recent history of a deep recession caused by a financial system that seemed to care little about the well-being of ordinary people.
How do you think outside the box in your current role?
I like to solve problems for people (and for myself!), as problem-solving inspires my creativity.
