Nicole van der Tuin

Nicole Van Der Tuin is CXO at Accion Opportunity Fund, where she leads customer experience and impact strategy. She has spent her career expanding access to affordable capital in underserved markets; prior to AOF, she was co-founder and CEO of First Access and the first hire at MicroWorld (now part of Lendahand). Named one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business, Nicole has helped save more than 400 years in loan processing time and deliver over $650M in capital to more than 80,000 small businesses on five continents. Her financial inclusion work has been featured in over 160 publications, events and graduate courses, and she has collaborated on consumer protection with the G20, World Bank, Basel Committee, Alliance for Financial Inclusion, Responsible Finance Forum and Responsible Business Lending Coalition.

Nicole holds degrees from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and Kenyon College, and serves on the board of Boost Capital and as a Techstars Mentor.