Tryfan Evans

"One of the things we need and we will get is a cycle of creative destruction," said Tryfan Evans, the director of investments at the Omidyar-Tufts fund, who previously worked at U.S.A.I.D. "If you're inefficient, you will get overtaken by competitors."Evans said that he is confident about achieving the fund's goal of nine per cent -and more. (His bonus depends on that.) The fund plans to be fully invested within three years.

IAMFI Board Members (left to right): Ann Miles, Marilou von Golstein Brouwers, Gerhard Pries, Terri Lecamp, Sam Moss and Tryfan Evans (missing: Greg Casagrande, Scott Budde and Audrey Choi).
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Tryfan Evans Omidyar-Tufts Microfinance Fund
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TRYFAN EVANS
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TRYFAN EVANS Director Omidyar-Tufts Microfinance Fund

Tryfan Evans is Director of the Omidyar-Tufts Microfinance Fund (OTMF) and is responsible for investment strategy and portfolio construction. OTMF is managed by and for the benefit of Tufts University and is one of the largest institutional investors in the microfinance sector.

Tryfan has investment experience in over 20 developing countries in Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and South and Southeast Asia. He joined Tufts University Investment Office from the U.S. Agency for International Development, where he was Senior Credit Officer in the Office of Development Credit. Prior to working at USAID, Tryfan was appointed as a Presidential Management Fellow at the U.S. Export-Import Bank, where he provided analysis to senior staff and the Bank's Board on new product development, country risk and trends in emerging market finance.

Tryfan is a Director on the Board of the International Association of Microfinance Investors (IAMFI). He has a masters degree in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a bachelors degree in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

IAMFI Networking Lunch, New York City (left to right): Tryfan Evans, IAMFI Board Member; Didier Lamarche
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Tryfan Evans, IAMFI Board Member; Didier Lamarche
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Executive Director Joan Trant moderated the panel, comprised of Tryfan Evans (Omidyar-Tufts Microfinance Fund), Terri Lecamp (Plainfield Asset Management), Ann Miles (BlueOrchard Finance USA) and Sam Moss (Gray Matters Capital).

Tryfan Evans, a senior credit analyst at USAID, calls Kathleen "the best boss I've ever had."