Candace Smith

Bio

Ms. Smith is Chief Operating Officer and a Managing Director of MicroVest, responsible for oversight the operations for MicroVest Capital Management, and the funds and facilities managed by the Company, including portfolio risk management, joining MicroVest in 2005. As well, she is responsible for the firm’s SEC compliance. Ms. Smith has 25 years of experience in development finance. Ms Smith served as CFO of MicroVest from 2005 through February 2011. Prior to joining MicroVest, Ms. Smith worked as an independent consultant, advising clients such as the Inter-American Development Bank, Calvert Social Investment Foundation, and Corporacion para el Financiamiento de Infraestructura, among others, on due diligence, credit evaluation and other matters. As the former Chief Operating Officer for Triodos PV Partners, she oversaw a $50 million joint business development and equity investment program to promote solar electric service enterprises in developing countries. Previously, Ms. Smith served as Senior Credit Officer and Portfolio Officer at the Inter-American Investment Corporation, with responsibility for developing and maintaining corporate credit risk guidelines and oversight of a $400 million portfolio of project loans and equity investments throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Ms. Smith began her career in finance as a corporate lending officer with the former Continental Illinois National Bank. Ms. Smith is an independent trustee of MMA Praxis Mutual Funds, a faith‐based financial services organization. She holds a Masters in International Management from The American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) at Glendale, AZ and a dual major Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ms. Smith is fluent in Spanish and conversant in Portuguese.