About Us
Established in 2021, 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
CEO
Gosaye Warsa
Financial Markets Lead
Afomia Kassa
Senior Programme Officer
Abel Taddele
Digital Finance Services Director
Hanna Hailu
Gender Expert
Eden Afework
Programme Assistant
Sinidu Fikadu
Gender Lead
Samson Berhane
Communications & Advocacy Specialist
Shalom Alemayehu
Admin Assistant
Selamsew Tesfaye
HR & Admin Manager
Hailemariam Misganaw
Senior Finance Officer
Our 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
