SEAF
Jan Cherim is an experienced finance professional with a robust background in managing and developing investment strategies in emerging markets. Currently serving as Vice Chairman for Europe & Africa and Managing Director at SEAF since September 2009, Jan Cherim focuses on debt facilities, advisory, and business development at the EU hub in Amsterdam. Prior to this, Jan Cherim was a Managing Partner at Financial Access Capital Partners, starting in December 2006, following a notable tenure at ING Commercial Banking from January 1990 to November 2006 as a Managing Director and member of the Management Committee. Jan Cherim has also held key roles at ING Barings, UBS Investment Bank, and The World Bank. Academic credentials include advanced degrees in International Economics and Social Anthropology from The Johns Hopkins University and The London School of Economics.
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SEAF
Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF) is a global impact private equity manager focused on providing growth capital and operational support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets underserved by traditional sources of capital. Utilizing an ESG+ investment approach, SEAF selectively makes structured debt and equity investments in locally-owned enterprises with high growth potential to actively build resilience within SMEs themselves and more largely within their communities, focusing on climate, food security, and inclusion. Our more than 32 years of experience have shown that impact investing and maximizing performance complement each other— we can do good and realize strong financial returns. . SEAF is a global organization, headquartered in Washington D.C., with 15 offices in Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Over the past three decades, SEAF has managed more than 40 Funds and across 33 countries. SEAF’s on-the-ground presence in our countries of focus, coupled with our proactive and responsive business model, enables us to source opportunities and work closely with local entrepreneurs, providing the capital, hands-on operational support, knowledge, and networks they need to accelerate their businesses’ growth and profitability and achieve meaningful and measurable impact in their communities. SEAF also supports ten Centers for Entrepreneurship and Development (CEED) around the world to provide training, mentoring, and global access to professional networks and entrepreneur-run businesses.