Speaker Bio

Jean-Philippe de Schrevel, Co-founder and Executive Director, BlueOrchard Finance; Founder and CEO, BlueOrchard Capital

Jean-Philippe de Schrevel founded BlueOrchard Capital and BlueOrchard Private Equity Fund beginning of 2008. He also co-founded BlueOrchard Finance in 2001 and is now a member of the Executive Committee of its Board.

He joined Dexia Asset Management in 2000 as the Dexia Micro-Credit Fund Manager. Prior to that, he worked as a Junior Team Economist in Romania for a European Union PHARE technical assistance program, a Field Consultant in microfinance for a Belgian non-governmental organisation in Tanzania and Guatemala, an Associate with McKinsey & Co., an Operations Director of a private microfinance foundation in Argentina and as a Consultant for the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Microfinance Unit in Geneva.

Jean-Philippe de Schrevel holds a MA in Economics from the University of Notre-Dame de la Paix in Namur, Belgium and a MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA.


The Social Enterprise Conference 2008 is presented by the Columbia Business School's Social Enterprise Club and the International Development Club with the support of the Social Enterprise Program, Energy Club, Microlumbia Fund, Healthcare Industry Association and Green Business Club, and our generous sponsors.

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