Allison Langille

Assistant Editor, SocialFinance.ca (Winter 2012)

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Allison Langille began her career working with a community-oriented group of businesses called The Uncommon Group, where she managed the day-to-day operations of two retail storefronts while contributing to strategy and product development. Recognizing a deep interest in both entrepreneurship and international economic development, Allison then worked as a Project Officer at CARE Canada, where she helped establish a social venture finance fund tailored to small enterprises in East Africa.

Allison is currently focused on enabling microfinance institutions – she has worked with organizations in Canada, Kenya, Zambia and most recently in Kolkata, India where she spent 2011 building the social performance management practices for a growing MFI. Allison sits on the Board of Directors for the Toronto Friendship Center, the Board of Advisors for a Zambian-based micro asset financing company and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Saint Mary’s University.