Cécile Lapenu is Executive Director at CERISE. Cécile held the presidency of the European Microfinance Platform (eMFP) in 2013, is a Board member of the Social Performance Task Force (SPTF). Before joining CERISE in 2001, Cécile worked as an expert in Rural Finance for IFPRI and CIRAD. A Ph.D in agricultural economics, Cécile defended her doctoral thesis in 1996 on microfinance in Indonesia.
Created in 1998, CERISE is a French non-profit dedicated to responsible and ethical finance. Pioneer of social performance manangement, CERISE is dedicated to finding solutions for mission-driven organizations to make their social goals a reality.
Biography:
The Universal Standards for Social Performance Management – Where do we go from here? e-MFP brief serie n°7, October 2018. Edited by European Microfinance Platform
The USSPM as an inspiring framework for impact investing, Article by CERISE, 2018, https://cerise-spm.org/en/blog/categories-publications/finance-inclusive/
Cécile Lapenu
Executive Director at CERISE