She began her career at Goldman Sachs Equity Sales and Trading in Chicago and later spent 4 years in Private Wealth Management in Switzerland. Simone then worked with various microfinance organizations and networks including the Women’s World Banking and Philadelphia Development Partnership. In addition, she co-led the China team of the Global Microentrepreneurship Awards, an effort by the United Nations to promote the Year of Microcredit 2005.
Simone has an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a BA in economics from the University of Chicago. Simone has lived and traveled in over 40 countries and speaks Chinese, some French and German and is learning Spanish. |
