Lynne Curran

Lynne Curran leads Accion’s global human resources functions, including all activities necessary for the successful recruitment, engagement, development, and retention of staff. One of Ms. Curran’s major achievements as head of HR has been the development and implementation of staff leadership and career development programs, which are critical to Accion’s strategic goal of managing with excellence.Prior to becoming the head of Human Resources in 2010, Ms. Curran led Accion’s knowledge management efforts and was responsible for capacity building throughout the organization. Ms. Curran joined Accion in 1997 and since then has held a variety of roles, including Technical Leader of the Accion CAMEL, where she led assessments of microfinance institutions worldwide and was responsible for the financial analysis and performance monitoring of Accion partner institutions. Ms. Curran was also involved with Accion’s early efforts to link microfinance to the world’s capital markets and participated in the establishment of the Gateway Fund. Ms. Curran has conducted training seminars internationally on a variety of topics related to microfinance, leadership, and financial analysis, for lending institutions, supervisory agencies, and others, as well as for Accion staff.Ms. Curran, who has authored numerous articles and publications, holds a B.A. from Tufts University and an M.A. from Lesley University. She is fluent in English and Spanish.