Learn about some of the dedicated and creative team members that make Building Markets tick
Scott Gilmore
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Scott Gilmore is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Building Markets. Prior to this, Scott was a Canadian diplomat, his last position being the Deputy Director for South Asia, working on Canada’s integrated defence, development and diplomatic assistance to Afghanistan.
In 2001 Scott was the Deputy National Security Advisor of...
Favorite Quote
"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
– Ulysses by Lord Alfred Tennyson, 1833
Favorite Book
Eastern Approaches
by Fitzroy Maclean
Twitter
@scott_gilmore
Ainsley Butler
Chief Investment Officer
Ainsley Butler is Chief Investment Officer at Building Markets. Previously, she was the organization's Project Director and Senior Advisor for Afghanistan and Haiti. Ainsley's field work includes an appointment as Building Markets Afghanistan Country Director and sustainable development consultant for a large-scale development project...
Favorite Quote
"Les guerriers de la lumière se reconnaissent au premier regard."
– Paulo Coelho
Favorite Book
Solomon Gursky Was Here
by Mordecai Richler
Jacob Clere
Myanmar First Fellow
Jacob joined the Building Markets team in January 2013. He has worked as a Congressional finance intern, a communications intern with Good African Coffee, a program assistant with the Biotown USA Community Development Project, and as a volunteer for a half-dozen political campaigns. He earned a BA from Ball State University with a double major...
Favorite Quote
Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
– Mark Twain
Favorite Book
Slaughterhouse Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
Twitter
@jacobclere
Andrea Cumberbatch
Administrative Assistant
Andrea Cumberbatch joined Building Markets an Administrative Assistant at the New York office. Prior to joining Building Markets, she worked in the Business Office at Village Community School in the West Village of NY for a year and a half managing the books, billing, employee benefits, and student transportation. She was the...
Favorite Quote
"Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is looking."
– C.S. Lewis
Favorite Book
The Road Less Traveled
by M. Scott Peck, M.D.
Shelley Daisley
Chief Financial Officer
Shelley is a Chartered Accountant certified in the UK, and brings over 25 years of combined professional experience at various companies and industries, including public accounting, construction, real estate, government, and non-profit. For the past 11 years he has worked exclusively in the non-profit sector at companies such as Bedford...
Favorite Quote
The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all, it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Favorite Book
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
Jing Dou
Financial Analyst
Jing Dou joined Building Markets in January 2012. Prior to Building Markets, Jing worked as an office manager at Salvaide Humanitarian of Ontario for more than one year, where she directly reported to the Executive Director and took on the full responsibilities of accounting and administration. In addition, she spent three years in business...
Favorite Quote
"Anything is possible."
– Anonymous
Favorite Book
A Dream of Red Mansions
by Cao Xueqin
Clare Hutchinson
Communications Assistant
Clare started with Building Markets in the summer of 2011 as a Communications Intern working on social media and online communications. After working as a Project Assistant for the Professionalization of Afghan CSOs project, she now works as a Communications Assistant for Building Markets. She is currently on the cusp of graduating from the...
Favorite Quote
"Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again."
– C.S. Lewis
Favorite Book
History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters
by Julian Barnes
Twitter
@mcollinknight
Anne Kroijer
Senior Associate
Anne is the Senior Associate of Building Markets’ Factor Finance for Procurement (3FP) fund, a fund focused on facilitating finance to SMEs in developing countries that have successfully won international procurement contracts. Anne has eight years of professional and graduate level experience with a background in finance and international...
Favorite Quote
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
– Anne Frank
Favorite Book
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
Stephen Lee
Director, 3FP Fund
Stephen is the Director of Building Markets’ Factor Finance for Procurement (3FP) loan guarantee fund, a fund focused on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries who have successfully won international procurement contracts. Stephen has 9 years experience working in financial services, management consulting and corporate...
Favorite Quote
"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point."
– C.S. Lewis
Favorite Book
Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine
by Jasper Becker
Kim Loranger
Project Director
Kim Loranger joined Building Markets in January 2012, first as Business Development Manager in Haiti, and now as Project Director. Prior to this, Kim was vice president and executive producer at Trinôme, a television and new media company. She has extended experience in business development, project management and strategic planning. She is...
Favorite Quote
"No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
– Friedrich Nietzsche
Favorite Book
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
Scott McCord
Project Officer
Scott began his career with Building Markets in August 2009 on a Princeton in Asia fellowship in Dili, East Timor. After his first year in Dili, he officially joined the Building Markets expatriate team as a project officer responsible for market research and general support. In the summer of 2011, he was transferred to Port-au-Prince, Haiti,...
Favorite Quote
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is."
– Oscar Wilde
Favorite Book
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
Edward Rees
Senior Adviser
Edward Rees joined Building Markets in September 2007, first as Country Director in Timor-Leste, and now as Senior Advisor. Prior to this, he worked with the Peacekeeping Best Practises Section (PBPS) of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) at the UN Headquarters in New York. Edward acted as Political Officer to the UN Secretary...
Favorite Quote
"The Muppet Show is High Society."
– Edward Rees
Favorite Book
The Life of My Choice
by Wilfred Thesiger
Twitter
@reesedward
Jenna Slotin
Chief Operating Officer
Jenna Slotin is Chief Operating Officer at Building Markets. Previously, she was the organization’s project Director for Liberia and Timor-Leste. Prior to joining Building Markets, Jenna spent three years at the International Peace Institute where she co-managed a program on peacebuilding and state fragility...
Favorite Quote
"An eye for an eye makes the world go blind."
– Mohandas Gandhi
Favorite Book
Catch 22
by Joseph Heller
Twitter
@jslotin
Andrew Williams
Senior Adviser
Andrew Williams is Chief Executive of City Financial Investment Company Limited. City Financial is a growing London-based independent fund manager with experienced teams investing across a range of strategies for retail and institutional clients.
He was previously Head of Distribution at INVESCO UK Ltd, one of the largest asset managers...
Swami Ganesan
Spring Fellow
Swami Ganesan is Building Markets' Spring Fellow and a student at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), where he is working towards a Master of Public Administration - Development Practice. Prior to SIPA, Swami worked as a Senior Product Engineer at Qualcomm Incorporated in San Diego, where he was involved in...
Favorite Quote
My life is my lesson.
– Mahatma Gandhi
Favorite Book
The Great Indian Novel
by Shashi Tharoor
Twitter
@swamigsays
Jessica Lee
Spring Fellow
Jessica is Building Markets' Spring Fellow. She is currently a student at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), where she is working towards a Masters of International Affairs and expects to graduate in 2014. Jessica also writes, reports, and is an editor for The Morningside Post, SIPA's student-run...
Favorite Quote
"Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule I know of, babies — 'God damn it, you've got to be kind.'"
– Kurt Vonnegut, 'God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater'
Favorite Book
Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace
Allison DeMaio
Development Research Intern
Allison joined Building Markets in April 2013. She is currently pursuing a Master's Degree at George Washington University in International Development Studies. Prior to graduate school, she was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mozambique and worked in high school development. She is from Chicago, and her D.C. friends are tired of hearing about what...
Favorite Quote
The brave may not live forever, but the cautious never live at all.
– C. A. Moulton
Favorite Book
The Shadow of the Sun
by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Chris Jackson
Development Research Intern
Chris Jackson joined Building Markets in April 2013. Chris was a screenwriter in Los Angeles for two years before returning to Washington DC and graduating from Georgetown University in 2012 with a master's degree in Democracy and Governance. He is currently an editorial assistant for WatchingAmerica.com, which offers articles about the United...
Favorite Quote
If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign that you're not doing anything very
innovative.
– Woody Allen
Favorite Book
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole