Michael Chu
Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School
Co-founder and Managing Director, IGNIA Fund
Former President and CEO, ACCION International
Michael Chu is Managing Director and Co‐Founder of the Ignia Fund, an equity firm based in Monterrey, Mexico dedicated to investing in and developing commercial enterprises focused on low socio‐economic sectors. By meeting the vastly underserved needs of the low-income population in areas such as healthcare, housing, education and basic services, Ignia seeks to empower entrepreneurship and generate social impact while creating attractive financial returns for its investors. Chu also holds an appointment as Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Business School (HBS). At HBS, Chu’s research focuses on business and low‐income sectors and the use of market mechanisms to create economic return and social value. He is Faculty Co‐Chair of the Executive Education program “Strategic Leadership for Microfinance,” designed for senior management of the leading microfinance institutions around the world.