Nikesh Ghimire
Nikesh Ghimire is the Technical Director of Financial Services at MEDA and provides technical leadership for MEDA across its various projects and delivery of support for financial services. Nikesh brings over 10 years of experience in senior roles within the banking system in small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) credit, marketing, digital finance and micro finance. Nikesh has directly overseen or supervised a team that managed portfolios in micro finance, SME finance, mid market and corporate finance. Nikesh brings additional five years of experience in the development sector in senior advisory roles for projects in Nepal, Pakistan, Myanmar, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Ghana. Nikesh has led the inception and operation of a microfinance institution, two fin-techs and lead large teams in the financial sector towards introducing innovative new products, expanding to new markets and introducing new technologies to financial institutions.