Solène Favre

Global Director, Inclusive Insurance - VIsionFund International

Solène has been Global Director of Inclusive Insurance for VisionFund International (VFI) since February 2019. With her team, she supports MFIs in setting up insurance operations for their borrowers and their families. More recently, VFI’s insurance team has expanded its technical assistance for WV National Offices and other MFIs & organisations to protect more families and more children among WV beneficiaries. Currently, she is also a board member of the Microinsurance Network.
Before joining VisionFund International, Solène created and managed the Cambodian subsidiary of the French insurance group Prévoir, the first microinsurance company in Cambodia for almost 7 years, reaching 300,000 insurance policies with a team of 147 people. She also worked on a pilot project to set up Cambodia’s National Social Security before it was handed over and launched by the Ministry of Labor in 2012. She also ran a micro-insurance program in India for 2 years providing a health and life community-based insurance for slum dwellers in Maharashtra. She started her career in France working for a mutual insurance company for 10 years.