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Nazanine Scheuer Appointed as Chief Development & Partnership Officer, Accion

(May 2021) Bridge Partners is pleased to announce the appointment of Nazanine Scheuer as Chief development & Partnerships Officer at Accion.

Accion is a global nonprofit committed to creating a financially inclusive world, with a pioneering legacy in microfinance and fintech impact investing, catalyzing financial service providers to deliver high- quality, affordable solutions at scale for the three billion people who are left out of – or poorly served by – the financial sector.

As Chief Development & Partnerships Officer, Nazanine will oversee Accion’s Resource Development with the objective of building and stewarding strategic, innovative partnerships across a broad portfolio of stakeholders to amplify Accion’s work.

“Partnerships and philanthropic support fuel our COVID-19 pandemic response and its economic impacts on low-income families and small businesses around the world. As the new leader of our resource development efforts, Nazanine will play a critical role in ensuring Accion’s urgent work to create an inclusive recovery for all,” said Michael Schlein, President and CEO of Accion. “A bold and innovative thinker with a passion for social change and proven success in developing global partnerships that drive impact, I’m thrilled to work with her to enhance Accion’s resource mobilization and achieve our vision of a financially and economically inclusive world.”

Nazanine brings to her role over 15 years of experience developing global strategic partnerships. Most recently, she led Save the Children’s Social Enterprise & Impact Ventures, managing a team focused on creating and launching revenue-generating, for-purpose business models. During her tenure, she developed innovative partnerships across the private sector, aligning with Save the Children’s mission- driven priorities to create a common platform of outcomes-driven programs.

Nazanine started her career in the corporate world, working in the pharmaceuticals and food industries in the United States and Europe. She holds a bachelor’s degree from EPSCI, the International School of Business Administration of Groupe ESSEC in France, and an MBA from the Leonard N. Stern Business School at New York University.

ABOUT BRIDGE PARTNERS:

• Bridge Partners is a retained executive search firm with unique expertise in attracting and retaining senior, diverse executives and 18 years of experience executing inclusive, global leadership searches.

• We have both an international nonprofit practice (other clients include TechnoServe, Wikimedia Foundation, Vital Strategies, Acumen, Digital Green) and a global for-profit practice (clients include GE, Starbucks, McKesson, Estee Lauder, Freddie Mac and The Federal Reserve System). What they have in common is a desire to adapt to a changing global market and diversify their leadership teams, to innovate and reflect their employee base, as well as the customer, communities and constituents they serve.

• They retain Bridge Partners to leverage our innovative search approach and our track- record of presenting the highest caliber, diverse executives.

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