Nathan Associates London Ltd.

Private Sector Development. We specialize in business environment reform, trade and investment promotion, reform promotion, and enterprise restructuring and privatization with emphasis on development strategies that involve the poor and show them how to seize opportunities that arise from private sector growth. (Related Projects)

Agriculture and Rural Development. With expertise in rural sector strategies, policies, and market approaches to development, we help public and private organizations transform rural economies, diversifying economic activity, addressing troubling income and growth gaps between urban and rural areas, and developing capacity to cope with globalized marketing chains. (Related Projects)

Financial Sector Development. To advance financial sector development in low and middle-income countries, Nathan London specializes in gauging access to finance, in improving finance for small firms, and in analysis and reform of capital markets regulation. (Related Projects)

Nathan London is led by Managing Director Sunil Sinha. He is supported by

• Buddhika Samarasinghe, Deputy Managing Director
• Mark Thomas, Director, Rural Development
• Ashok Menon, Director, Business Development
• Cristina Bortes, Director Financial Services
• Ignacio Fiestas, Senior Economist

And the following senior consultants

Kerry Hamilton
Maria Valenzuela
Ngoc Do

The following projects for various clients—DFID, the World Bank, the IMF, and the ADB—exemplify the work we do. For more information about our projects, search our database. 

Food Retail Industry Challenge Fund (FRICH): We manage the £2 million fund, which supports the development of business models that will increase the flow of African food products into the UK. More information can be found at www.frich.co.uk

Financial Sector Reform and Strengthening (FIRST) Initiative: We managed a consortium running the management unit of a project funded by the World Bank, IMF, DFID and national development agencies of low and middle-income countries. More information on the initiative can be found at www.firstinitiative.org

Nigeria. Under the World Bank’s MSME project and on behalf of Nigeria’s Investment Promotion Commission, we are helping to stimulate job creation, economic growth, and competitiveness among micro, small, and medium sized enterprises in the states of Lagos, Kaduna, and Abia. Learn more at www.msme-nigeria.org/

Vietnam Making Markets Work for the Poor.  Along with local partner Mekong Economics, we manage the daily operations of the Vietnam Challenge Fund and its policy research activities, including grant activities. For more information go to www.markets4poor.org/

• Accelerating Pro-poor Growth through Private Sector Development
• Beyond the Rhetoric: Measuring Revenue Transparency in the Oil and Gas Industry