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How to Make a Meaningful Career Pivot with Randy Kurtz
In 2013, Randy traded in a three-decade career in investment banking to serve those in need – first by serving as CEO of the Cristo Rey Network, then as Deputy Directory and CFO of the Illinois Criminal Justice Authority. As COO of Opportunity International, Randy played a pivotal role in helping the organization reach 19.4 million people living in poverty in 2020 and remains excited to play a part in furthering Opportunity’s mission of ending extreme poverty for good.
NextBillion
Desperate Times, Desperate Measures: A Microfinance Network Responds to the Devastating Reality of COVID-19 in India - NextBillion
Opportunity International has built a robust network of microfinance partners throughout India. Our local teams know our clients — and our clients trust our teams. Now, in the face of disaster, we are using these trusted partners to help our clients survive and to deliver emergency relief to those being hit the hardest. In this insightful reflection for NextBillion, CEO Atul Tandon shares his thoughts about the COVID-19 crisis—and Opportunity International's rapid response—in his home country of India.
SME Finance Forum
Opportunity International joins the SME Finance Forum
Opportunity International joins the SME Finance Forum as the newest member of the global membership network. Members are SME Financing experts from 80+ countries who share the common goal of expanding access to finance to small businesses worldwide through knowledge exchange and innovation.
Global Impact
5 faces to celebrate Opportunity International's 50th anniversary
To celebrate each decade that Opportunity has served people living in poverty, and to give you a better idea of what this work means to the people they serve, here are five stories from the people who can tell it best.
Ideagen
Ideagen Global Leadership Summit 2021
Watch Atul Tandon, CEO of Opportunity International as he is joined by Mukti Bosco, Founder & Secretary General at Healing Fields Foundation (India); Laura Hemrika, Global Head Corporate Citizenship & Foundations at Credit Suisse (Switzerland); and Katey Assem, Chairman of the Board at Opportunity Savings & Loan (Ghana), as part of the Ideagen Global Leadership Summit.
National Christian Foundation
2020’s effect on global poverty: 7 ways to help restore what’s been lost
Over the course of the last year, COVID-19 forced many into extreme isolation, impossible work-life balances, and grieving over lost loved ones or altered life plans. That same struggle, for people living at the bottom of the economic pyramid, turned already-precarious lives into a catastrophe.
Harvard Kennedy School
Alumni Q&A Series: Atul Tandon
Atul Tandon reflects on his career and HKS Executive Education Experience. Atul attended the Mobilizing Your Nonprofit Board online executive education program in 2016.
Ideagen
Resilience in the Midst of Catastrophe
Watch Atul Tandon: CEO of Opportunity International & Thuy Vu: Co-Founder and President of Global Mentor Network, as they sit down for a power chat to discuss "Resilience in the Midst of Catastrophe."
Global Minnesota
COVID-19’s Impact on Education and Creative Responses
Opportunity CEO Atul Tandon joins Global Minnesota's International Day of Education event to discuss COVID-19’s impact on education and Opportunity's creative responses to help schools weather the pandemic.
Banking on Values 2020: Gorjana
Gorjana had to flee the besieged city of Sarajevo in 1992 facing an uncertain future. Almost 30 years later, she has received the 2020 award from the Association of Business Women of Serbia for her achievements as the owner of Wood Planet, a progressive carpentry business in Zrenjanin, in Serbia. Despite the challenges she has faced, Gorjana has maintained a passion for wood and the importance of “those who work with their hands”.