AFC Agriculture and Finance Consultants
Ines Gebhardt has extensive work experience in various roles and industries. Ines is currently working at AFC Agriculture and Finance Consultants as the Director of Human Resource Management and Director of Finance, Accounting & Contracts since 2019. Prior to that, they worked at NIRAS International Consulting in a role that focused on Finance and Office Management from 2014. From 2011 to 2014, they were the Head of Office with commercial power of representation at o-synce Europe GmbH. In the earlier years of their career, Ines held managerial positions at the German School Managua, Nicaragua, Banco Mercantil, Euroamericana S.A., and the Independent Institute for Environmental Questions e.V. Ines also had an internship at Property Management Peter Lanz Spanndauer Damm Berlin, Germany. Ines started their career as a Human Resources Manager at Kentucky Fried Chicken and as an Assistant for the bank internal organisation of the Monetary Union at Berliner Sparkasse, Business Bank.
Ines Gebhardt completed their M.Sc. in Economics from Hochschule Bruno Leuschner in Berlin, Germany between the years 1982 and 1986.
AFC Agriculture and Finance Consultants
Welcome to AFC Agriculture and Finance Consultants GmbH! For 50 years, we are offering high-quality advisory services, focusing on two sectors: i) agricultural/agribusiness and ii) financial sector development projects in developing and transition countries around the world. Our impact Thanks to our in-house experience and the expertise of our multidisciplinary teams, we offer our clients effective, operational and pragmatic approaches, based on our detailed knowledge of their challenges and local contexts. Our nearly 900 experts currently implement more than 80 ongoing projects, building up local capacities for sustainable development in Africa, Asia, CIS countries, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. Our focus areas Our services for public organisations and private companies cover the whole range from primary production to processing and marketing in Agriculture and Agribusiness. Our Financial Sector Development team focuses on advising financial institutions (Central Banks/ Ministries, Commercial Banks, Development Banks and Microfinance Institutions) and NBFIs (e.g. Housing Finance Companies, Insurance and Leasing Companies) in ten focal areas. Our company We are a private German consulting company based in Bonn. We benefit from being a member of GOPA Consulting Group, Germany's largest group of consulting firms in development cooperation, which combines various technical specialists under one roof. (https://www.linkedin.com/company/gopa-consulting-group/). Selection of our clients Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) | Asian Development Bank (ADB) | EFSE Fund | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (ERDB) | European Commission (EC) | European Investment Bank (EIB) | German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) | GGF Fund | Green Climate Fund | International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) | International Finance Corporation (IFC) | German Bank for Reconstruction and Development (KfW) | World Bank (WB)