Daniel Foa

Current

• Co-founder at 51Give

Past

• Business Operations Prime at Nortel
• Director at Chinawire
• Program Manager at IBM

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Industry

Financial Services

Daniel Foa’s Summary

Daniel Foa is the co-founder of an online microfinance platform, www.51give.com which is dedicated to lending money to Chinese rural and urban families and social entrepreneurs to power their lives with renewable energies. This financial process is referred to as “Sustainable Microfinance”. 51Give difference lies in the fact that the loans not only alleviate poverty, but also improves the environment, reduces carbon and enhances access to clean energies in China. Daniel also co-founded a not-for-profit foundation www.51sim.org which seeks to address social innovation and ecological issues in an innovative and sustainable way.

Before setting up 51Give and 51Sim, Daniel has been responsible for the Business Operations of departments of up to 850 persons, consulted in financial services, launched start-ups, led international technology transfers as well as his previous company’s Internet strategy – IBM – to the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Daniel is fluent in Mandarin.

Daniel has spoken at a number of international events on China's Internet Finance, Microfinance and Social entrepreneurship since 2000. In December 2008, he was invited to the Clinton Global Initiative Asia Meeting in Hong Kong as a result of two of 51Sim’s projects being successfully chosen as a preferred commitment by the CGI. A United Nations Foundation TV crew recently followed Daniel and the 51Give team around China and the feature documentary on 51Give’s green microfinance projects in China will be on show during the New York Climate week www.climateweeknyc.org (Sept.20th to 26th) as well as throughout the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December.

Daniel Foa’s Experience

• Co-founder

  51Give

  (Financial Services industry)

  September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

  Our Vision
  51 Give offers on demand mobile solutions for microfinance with the aim to ensure carbon friendly sustainable economic developments in China. Our long term vision is to develop carbon friendly micro franchises.
  
  51 SIM (Sustainable Innovation Movement) bringing ideas, innovation, resources, guidance, motivation directly to people across China. Works in partnership with www.51give.com.

Additional Information

Daniel Foa’s Groups:

Evian Group, Beijing Music Scene, 51Give, Microcarbon.org , P2P Finance

•    The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    TakingITGlobal
•    51Give
•    China Networking Group
•    ENTREPRENEURS-GET FUNDED
•    Sustainable Investment Forum
•    The Next Web Conference & Blog
•    VENTURE CAPITAL ASIA
•    51SIM
•    Cleantech Israel
•    Open World Initiative (OWI)
•    CGAP's Mobile Banking and Microfinance Group
•    P2P FINANCE
•    Web Wednesday - Beijing
•    China Entrepreneurs (CE)
•    Water Technologies Israel
•    Genesis Facility
•    Finance Club
•    Microcarbon

Daniel Foa’s Honors:

2002 IBM Project Team member Excellence Award - Shanghai Stock Exchange
2007 Nortel - Carrier Networks - Recognition Award - New Graduate Hiring Program

Daniel Foa’s Contact Settings

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