Geoff Davis

Geoff Davis is a serial entrepreneur turned social entrepreneur, who believes in the power of using business principles to solve a wide variety of social problems. He has more than fifteen years' experience in the microfinance space, including co-founding a microfinance program in Mexico, working with Muhammad Yunus at the Grameen Foundation and Grameen Investments, and as the CEO of microfinance accelerator Unitus, which he guided from startup to global leader in microfinance. Geoff also co-founded the Unitus Equity Fund, the first commercial microfinance venture fund. In addition to serving on Kiva's Board, Geoff is a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Social Innovation, Chairman at Waste Ventures, which incubates solid waste management companies, and member of the Board at Vittana, empowering young people around the world through education. Geoff has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, Entrepreneur of The Year by Ernst & Young, an Entrepreneurial Thought Leader by Stanford University, and one of Seattle’s “40 under 40” by the Puget Sound Business Journal. He earned degrees from Brigham Young and Harvard universities.