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Bonnie Brusky​

Deputy Director

Bonnie Brusky is Deputy Director at Cerise, in charge of coordinating operations, human resources management, and oversight of communications. Ms. Brusky began her career in microfinance in the late 1990s, and has worked with financial service providers around the globe, conducting assessments and providing technical assistance to improve social performance and client protection practices. Before joining Cerise in 2013, Ms. Brusky worked as a consultant to a range of organizations, including World Bank, Smart Campaign and the SEEP Network. She has conducted extensive research on client over-indebtedness and financial practices among low-income populations. Ms. Brusky holds a bachelor of arts degree in psychology and women’s studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master’s degree in development studies from the Université de Paris-Sorbonne. A seasoned professional with extensive field experience in technical assistance, training, evaluation and research, Ms. Brusky is trilingual in English, French and Portuguese.​

Practical Dreamers

Cerise+SPTF are practical dreamers. Since our origins in the late 1990s-early 2000s (when inclusive finance was better known as microfinance), there has been steadily growing interest in social performance: in making sure that vulnerable low-income clients are not exploited, and that products and services help create better lives. Many organizations have published high-level principles and frameworks. Cerise+SPTF translate those aspirations into concrete, practical actions.
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Cerise+SPTF is a joint venture between SPTF | US, SPTF | Europe, and Cerise. Cerise+SPTF pursues a common strategic plan and shares resources under a Memorandum of Understanding. For legal purposes, we remain three separate entities incorporated in, and subject to the laws of, our respective home countries.