Paulette van Ommen

Paulette Alexandra van Ommen
Born in Amsterdam, June 21, 1986

EXPERIENCE:

• January 2005 - September 2005 | United States of America

Columnist for Spunk/NRC Handelsblad (Dutch paper)

• June/July 2006 | Costa Rica |

Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Rural (CDR)
Intern Research assistant
Microfinance Impact Evaluation for the Banco Centroamericano para la Integracion Economica (BCIE)

• July 2007 | Ecuador |

Better Future & Fortis MeesPierson
Future Leaders project

• March 2008-August 2008 | Netherlands |

Business in Development Network Foundation
Equity Services / Matchmaking

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:

• August 2004 - June 2005 | United States of America |

Elizabethtown College (PA)
Fulbright Campus Scholarship Program

• August 2005- December 2007 | Netherlands |

University College Utrecht
BA Honors in Social Sciences, Magna Cum Laude
Int'l Development Studies, Politics, Globalization

• August 2007 - January 2008 | United Kingdom |

University of Exeter
Exchange program. Business and (Third World) Politics

• September 2008-September 2009 | United Kingdom |

London School of Economics (LSE)
MSc Development Management

INTERESTS:

• Business Ethics
• (Multinational) Corporate Social Responsibility
• Latin America
• "Base of the Pyramid" approach
• Micro- and Mesofinance