Movilway appoints John Owens as a new member of the Board of Directors
Miami, April 12th 2011. – Movilway, one of the leading suppliers of prepaid mobile top-up in Latin America, announces the immediate incorporation of John Owens as a new member of the company’s Board of Directors.
For more than twenty-three years, John Owens has spent his professional career in the field of microfinance and mobile money services in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Being a pioneer and a driving force of the use of financial services via mobile, he has also advised banks, businesses and government agencies on the matter, playing a decisive role in the conceptualization and development of mobile financial services for rural banks in the Philippines.
Currently, Owens serves as “Chief of Party” for the program ”Microenterprise Access to Banking Services” (MABS), an initiative designed to accelerate the rural banking industry in the Philippines. This program facilitates access for disadvantaged populations to microfinance services.
Since 2009, John joined the Board of Directors of Chemonics International Inc. and he is also member of the Advisory Panel of the “Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) Forum”.
Owens is a renowned speaker, having an extensive career giving international conferences. Expert in the field of microfinance, he is the author of numerous prestigious books on the subject.
With this appointment, Movilway will count with a key partner on the macro-strategic level and on the development of the company’s strategy. Movilway will continue offering innovative microfinance services and payment solutions through mobile phones to the Latin-American population.
On his appointment in Movilway, Owens said: “I am honored by the invitation to join this great team. I think I can contribute with great value, based on my years of active experience in the development of platforms for mobile money and my experience as an advisor on this matter for banks and small businesses. The adaptation of these platforms has improved the quality of life of a great part of the population. With this appointment, Movilway offers me the opportunity to bring this knowledge to a place that is very close to my heart, Latin America. I look forward to this new challenge. ”
Movilway has full confidence in John´s Owens leadership based on his extensive experience, deep knowledge of the mobile banking sector and crucial skills to implement the objectives of Movilway.
Dan Cohen, CEO of Movilway, said: “I was truly amazed to see what Mr. Owens has developed in the Philippines. It has been enlightening to find someone that not only understands the business of mobile money, the regulatory banking environment but is also committed to advance practical solutions that are working to solve the financial needs of many. He has truly become a source of guiding wisdom for our industry.”
ABOUT MOVILWAY
Movilway is one of the leading electronic top-up service platforms in Latin America. Since 2010, Movilway’s initial strategy has focused on leveraging its coverage, presence and alliances in the Latin American wireless space, quickly establishing itself in the prepaid airtime marketplace. Movilway is now entering the next phase of its development, building and deploying a robust and comprehensive mobile money transaction platform (“e-Wallet”), targeting Latin America’s “unbanked” mobile subscriber base.
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