Geoff Woolley
Mr. Woolley has been active in microfinance for over a decade and serves on the Executive Board and is Treasurer of Unitus, one the world’s leading microfinance networks. He ‘s the CEO of Unitus Investment Group (UIG), a for-profit entity forming and growing investor driven funds in debt, equity, investment banking, housing and investment that provide products to the poor. UIG is based in San Francisco and overseas existing and new funds totaling more than $500 million. He Chairs and co-founded the Unitus Equity Fund, one of the most financially successful microfinance funds of all times. Chester also sits on the Board of both SKS, India’s largest microfinance bank and Samhita, one of it’s newest.
Other social oriented work includes founding and Chairing the University Venture Fund , a $20 million student run venture fund based at the U of Utah. He was a founder of the NAMES Project (AIDS Quilt) and its Chairman for many years.
His for-profit background is in venture capital with business titles include Founding Partner of Dominion Ventures, Inc. , Chairman and Founder of European Venture Partner (now Kreos) and China Venture Finance, Chairman of MACC (public private equity firm) and advisor/partner to a number of other European and US private equity firms. He founded Dominion in 1985 at the age of twenty-four, he’s the youngest person to found an institutional based private equity fund. He also oversees the State of Utah private equity investment programs and founded one of Eastern Europe’s largest financial companies.
His career highlight is being one of the “Romper Room” kids on the 1960’s children show. He lives between Boston, SF and Cape Town and watches most movies on planes.
