Malika is Head of Impact & ESG for Catalyst Fund. Malika is responsible for extracting, authoring, and packaging insights from Venture Building and our Circles in order to support the growth of the inclusive fintech sector. She facilitates learning with other fintech accelerators via Catalyst Fund’s XL Labs as well as a partnership with the MIX (now Center for Financial Inclusion) to develop inclusivity resources. Malika also supports Knowledge Management across BFA Global by facilitating a firm-wide learning agenda, and authoring and editing knowledge resources. She has worked in financial inclusion, corporate social responsibility, and user experience at CGAP, The Coca-Cola Company, and various social enterprises. She holds an MPAID from the Harvard Kennedy School where she was a Public Service Scholar and a BA from the University of Chicago, and was a Fulbright Fellow in the Dominican Republic.
