Dr. Jessica Schicks

Banking consultant • Founded European Initiative for Development and Inclusive Finance, worked e.g. with leading microfinance investment fund and on low-income credit scoring • Corporate workout in Western and Eastern Europe • Bank modernization program for leading national bank in Libya • Asset relief programs for major German banks in the financial crisis • International retail expansion strategies; customer touchpoint management…

• Transformation research • Reviewed monitoring systems for banking operations • Analysed product and portfolio trends, client retention etc. • Prepared savings mobilisation strategy; designed workflows and training materials

• Prepared Financial Sector Assessments and Programme Documents • Analysed ROI to facilitate investment decisions, Updated auditing guidelines • Monitored UNDP’s progress in CGAP’s Peer Review

• Founded and managed economic branch, built Albanian and German student teams • Project management: Initiated and planned week-end seminars for Albanian students. Organised them on location in Tirana. • Public relations: Press contacts, recruited lecturers, contact to University of Tirana • Financial manager: Budgeting, accounting, fundraising (budget 30000,- Euro p.a.)

• Designed evaluation of developmental effectiveness of water and sanitation projects • Researched and wrote socio-economic analysis of Tunisia • Wrote presentation on SME and microfinance for banking conference in Jordan • Monitoring of environmental credit facility in French • Wrote Terms of Reference for external consultants

• Resident communication for social and environmental sustainability of a large scale rail link construction project, Managed complaints • Design of Performance Management System

• Education, language, occupational and physiotherapy, childcare • Organisational restructuring and administration • Negotiations with community members and local government

• Designed recruiting materials • Applicant management

Microfinance customer protection, Over-indebtedness