Selected Professional Profiles of DevPar Specialists

Henry Knight

Financial Market Specialist

Henry is a chartered accountant with a over twenty years experience in development relating to financial reform in both the public and private sectors. His work in Eastern Europe, Asian, Africa and the Caribbean have addressed strengthening banking and securities working with government, the regulator, individual institutions and industry structures, like stock exchanges and financial cooperative associations. He has also led several long, large, multi-disciplinary projects in banking reform and reform of financial management in the public sector. Henry is currently leading a banking reform project in Vietnam.

Henry was a key participant in the following projects:

• Assessment of Save-the-Children Fund UK - United Kingdom
• Assessment of the development requirements for the SME sector in RSA - South Africa
• Study of Consultant Certification - Ghana
• Evaluation of Training and TA to the Offices of the Auditors General of the South Pacific - South Pacific OAGs
• Evaluation of Investment Promotion Centre - Tanzania
• Feasibility Study and Plan for the development of a Securities Market in Tanzania - Tanzania
• Evaluation of Training Programs as part of financial sector reform - Mozambique
• Feasibility Study of Stock Exchange in Mozambique - Mozambique
• Evaluate Stock Exchange Proposal and Assist Initial Implementation Preparations - Cape Verde
• Program Evaluation for CIDA funding of Development of Financial Sector - Romania
• Assessment of Obstacles to the development of the Cape Verde Stock Exchange - Cape Verde
• Feasibility Study for the Start-up of the Stock Exchange. - Uganda
• Provide TA on the restructuring of the Development Finance Corp - Belize
• Facilitate the First Listed Security - Mozambique
• Securities Market Training for regionally harmonized approach to licensing of individuals and covering other bond market topics - East African Community
• Strategy and Plan to Develop Capital Market - Sierra Leone
• Design, Development and Implementation of Training for Securities Market Licenses - Thailand
• Development of a professional securities training program, market promotion program and improved regulations. - Vietnam
• Introduction of International Accounting Standards in Commercial Banks - Georgia, Republic of
• Establishment of Stock Exchange - Ghana
• Equity Market Specialist Support - Ghana
• Feasibility Study for the start-up of the stock exchange - Seychelles
• Strengthening of Regional Co-operative Bank Malopolski - Poland
• Advice on Launch of the French West African Stock Exchange in Abidjan - French West Africa Region
• Assessment of 115 Rural and Community Banks in Ghana - Ghana
• Develop the Mozambique Micro Finance Sector - Mozambique
• Strengthening of Regional Co-operative Bank Dolnoslaski - Poland
• Evaluate a Banking Proposal to fund Micro Finance Lenders - Romania
• Primary Dealers in Government Securities - Uganda
• A review of the micro prudential indicators used in banking supervision - Russia
• Banking System Reform including Strengthening of Banking Supervision - Vietnam
• Provide training and technical material on corporate governance in banking industry - Mozambique
• Recovery of Central Bank Accounting System - Angola
• Market Study of Demand for financial products and recommend how to meet demand. - Belize
• Agriculture Development Bank Operational Strengthening - Ghana
• Support to the Bank of Tanzania on the Development of the Capital Market. - Tanzania
• Development of a training program to support the licencing of securities market professionals. - Angola
• Operational/financial model and training for smaller micro-finance institutions. - Thailand
• A financial market study and a market development plan - The Gambia
• Evaluation of Financial Market Development program. - Uganda
• Financial Institution for the region to support infrastructure development - SADC
• Modernization of the Department of Statistics - Lithuania
• Operational Assessment of Private Sector Development Project - India