Consultant Bio
John McNulty-
Principal
After spending twenty-five
years with Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) www.bdc.ca, he
retired as a Senior Vice President, developed expertise in all facets of
business banking, venture capital, training, and business consulting. As a
senior executive with BDC, he maintained positions with overall
responsibility for a several billion-dollar Canadian SME loan portfolio,
including loan authorizations, management of NPL, loan problem resolutions
including loan workouts and write-offs as necessary. Part of his role at
the bank was to assist in the development of policies, and preparation of
operating manuals for the bank.
After
leaving BDC, he set up a consulting firm, becoming involved with projects for development banks, the
banking and the SME non-banking sector. I have extensive experience
with international donors, including the World Bank, the International
Finance Corporation and the Asian Development Bank in more than 30
countries.
Examples
of consulting assignments:
· SME Access to Formal Financing and
Banking Sources: Identified products and services for meeting the needs of
SME business growth.
· Bank SME Lending Policies &
Procedures: subsequent to diagnostics helped several banks improve their
practices by developing policies and operating manuals for their use.
· Operating Procedures & Governance
& Risk Management: Improved operating procedures, risk management,
portfolio management, transparency practices, governance structure,
marketing, development of new products and staff development.
· Credit Risk Management: Provided
strategy based on good practices of banks that have set up sound MSME
credit risk appraisal and management systems, including product and
procedure designs.
In addition, he has led many
discussions with decision makers to put in place innovative financial
solutions to improve Microfinance and SME’s access to finance,
including capacity building and enabling environments. TOP
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