David Kyle Mentor 2012....

Describe yourself briefly.

David has just moved back to the US after living in Hyderabad for the past three years where he founded the Indian School Finance Company, a for-profit finance company that provides medium term debt capital to private schools serving low-income families. The company now has 2 branches, a staff of 45 and a portfolio of well over 100 schools financed. Prior to moving to India, David spent 4 years as Chief Investment Officer and COO of New York-based Acumen Fund where he led the build out of the firm in South Asia and East Africa. Prior to joining Acumen David had served as Chief Advisor to the CEO of the London-headquartered Save the Children Alliance, responsible for establishing new, local agencies of Save the Children in Argentina and Brazil. During the first part of his career David spent 20 years with Citibank in Brazil, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 6 in Lisbon, Portugal where he built a full service commercial and investment bank followed by 3 years in London where he led the development of Citibank’s first intranet client management system in the late 1990s.