Mahir Momand is a Microfinance expert who has lived 2/3 of his life as a refugee. Mahir has recently been appointed as CEO of Thrive Refugee Enterprise.
Thrive is established to provide micro finance and business support to refugees and asylum seekers in Australia to start new businesses and grow existing ones. Previously, Mahir served as CEO of the National Association of Credit Unions in Afghanistan, worked for the World Bank and UNHCR.
The Microfinance programs run by Mahir have helped establish a total of 165,000 small and medium business enterprises in Afghanistan that provided a livelihood for nearly 1 million people.
