Chief Impact & Research Officer, Global Partnerships
Peter oversees Global Partnerships' Impact and Research Team (IRT), which is responsible for providing GP with a direction for where to invest, and how to evaluate and measure the impact of those investments.
The IRT’s four core functions are: investment research, business development, impact assessment, and the administration of a health grant portfolio. This entails: developing well-researched recommendations on current and future impact investing initiatives; creating and nurturing direct relationships with promising social enterprises and other industry actors; developing and delivering a clear and straight forward quantitative and qualitative assessment of GP’s impact based on the latest industry standards; and managing a grant portfolio for the most promising health social enterprises.
Peter joined GP's staff in September 2012, having previously served on its board. Prior to joining GP, Peter was the executive vice president of programs and regions at Grameen Foundation (GF) where he oversaw all microfinance and technology programs as well as the foundation's global strategies. He joined GF in 2001 when he founded the Grameen Technology Center and built it into a global leader in using information and communication technologies for alleviating poverty. Peter started his career at Microsoft Corporation in 1987, where he spent a decade in a variety of leadership roles focused on international work, product support and marketing. Peter has served on boards in Africa and the Middle East focused on village phone and microfinance activities, as well as local Seattle boards. He currently serves on the board of Grameen Foundation. Peter has a degree in mathematics and economics from the University of Uppsala Sweden.