Karen Macwilliam

Consultant at Karen MacWilliam Consulting

📍 Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada🔄 Updated July 2026💼 3 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2019
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Board Member
Jan 2019
FinDev Canada is Canada's development finance institution (DFI), supporting the private sector in developing markets to promote sustainable development. In today’s increasingly complex world, development finance is needed more than ever to drive sustainable and inclusive economic growth. DFIs are an important tool in this regard, providing financial services aimed at growing the local private sector in developing markets. By filling the gap between commercial support and development assistance, FinDev Canada will bring financial strength to businesses in developing markets that will in turn create stability and prosperity for local communities. It will support local private sector activity where it contributes to sustainable development. -- FinDev Canada est une institution de financement du développement qui offre des solutions financières au secteur privé dans les pays en voie de développement avec le potentiel pour créer des emplois, renforcer le pouvoir économique des femmes et atténuer les changements climatiques. En comblant l’écart entre le soutien commercial et l’aide au développement, FinDev Canada fournira une solidité financière aux entreprises des marchés en développement, renforçant ainsi la stabilité et la prospérité des collectivités locales. L’organisme soutiendra les activités du secteur privé local qui contribuent au développement durable.
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2019
Board Member
Jan 2019
FinDev Canada is Canada's development finance institution (DFI), supporting the private sector in developing markets to promote sustainable development. In today’s increasingly complex world, development finance is needed more than ever to drive sustainable and inclusive economic growth. DFIs are an important tool in this regard, providing financial services aimed at growing the local private sector in developing markets. By filling the gap between commercial support and development assistance, FinDev Canada will bring financial strength to businesses in developing markets that will in turn create stability and prosperity for local communities. It will support local private sector activity where it contributes to sustainable development. -- FinDev Canada est une institution de financement du développement qui offre des solutions financières au secteur privé dans les pays en voie de développement avec le potentiel pour créer des emplois, renforcer le pouvoir économique des femmes et atténuer les changements climatiques. En comblant l’écart entre le soutien commercial et l’aide au développement, FinDev Canada fournira une solidité financière aux entreprises des marchés en développement, renforçant ainsi la stabilité et la prospérité des collectivités locales. L’organisme soutiendra les activités du secteur privé local qui contribuent au développement durable.
2018
Board Member
Jun 2018
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2016
Nova Scotia Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation
Board Member
Dec 2016
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2016–2019 · 3 investments
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