About Us
Established in 2022, FSD Ethiopia is an agency that aims to support the development of accessible, inclusive, and sustainable financial markets for economic growth and human development.
Our role is to identify the underlying causes of financial system failures, facilitate market actors to address these constraints, and help build a functional and effective financial sector that generates economic gains for a wide cross-section of Ethiopian individuals and businesses.
Our vision is to contribute to a thriving financial system that delivers real value to the broader economy and the people of Ethiopia.
Theory of Change
Our Tools
We work with public, private and development partners in the financial sector to address critical system constraints and facilitate sustainable change. We provide tailored services to help diverse stakeholders achieve their goals and design interventions to make Ethiopia’s financial sector function transparently, effectively and inclusively.
OUR TEAM
Hikmet Abdella
Chief Executive Officer
Abel Tadelle
Dir. of Financial Inclusion
Melaku Kebede
Program Manager – Financial Inclusion – Project Management Office
Sinidu Fikadu
Gender Lead
Selamsew Tesfaye
Dir. of Operations & Finance
Gosaye Warsa
Dir. of Financial Markets
Samson Berhane
Comm. & Advocacy Specialist
Barnabas Getu
Head of Audit, Risk & Compliance
Dawit Alem
Financial Market Coordinator
Afomia Kassa
Financial Inclusion Coordinator
Hanna Hailu
Gender Expert
H/Mariam Misganaw
Finance Manager
Eden Afework
Programme Assistant
Nurhassen Mensur
Technical Lead – Financial Services Deepening
Hanna Leykun
Technical Lead – Financial Service Scaling
Rahel Taddese
Senior Procurement Officer
Ruth Zemene
Senior HR & Admin Officer
Agare Kassahun
Senior Executive Assistant
Shalom Alemayehu
Admin Assistant
Abebayehu Milkias
Logistics AssistantOur Regional Coordinators
Tadesse Hailu
Regional Coordinator
Okello Oluch
Regional Coordinator
Aklilu Tukela
Regional Coordinator
Mubarak Ahmed
Regional Coordinator
Ahmed Mohammed
Regional Coordinator
Abinet Belay
Regional CoordinatorOur Non - Executive Board of Directors
Admassu Tadesse
Board Chairman President Emeritus & MD, TDB Group
Berhane Demissie
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Cepheus Growth Capital Partners
Maleda Bisrat
Country Director Ethiopia, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
