Lâma Daher

Lâma Daher

Financial Inclusion Project Leader, Foreign Affairs Dept., Banque du Liban

Lâma Daher has been the Financial Inclusion Project Lead at Banque Du Liban Foreign Affairs Dpt. since 2016. She plays a key role in designing the financial inclusion strategy of the central bank and coordinating financial inclusion related activities with local and international players. She also serves as an Assistant Professor of Finance at Lebanese universities and previously in France, where she was an Associate Researcher at Sorbonne School of Management. Her primary research interest focuses on financial inclusion, namely on the dimensions of microfinance, impact investing and fintech. She started her career in France with Société Générale Corporate & Investment Bank as an Assistant Risk Manager in structured finance. Lâma holds a PhD in Finance from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, a MSc in Corporate Finance from Toulouse School of Management, two Executive Education Certificates from Harvard Kennedy School (“Rethinking Financial Inclusion: Innovation for Policy & Practice” prgm), and the University of Cambridge (“Fintech & Regulatory Innovation” prgm). She is a Fulbright alumnus (“Economic Development & Entrepreneurship” prgm) and was awarded a certificate of excellence from the IMF Institute for Capacity Development (“Financial Development & Financial Inclusion” prgm).