Ms Aba Amissah Quainoo is a Development Economist and a Financial Services Practitioner. She is the Executive Director of MEL Consulting ltd and co-founder of Agribusiness Value Chain Federation (AGRiFED), an Agribusiness company. Her experience and expertise covers diverse areas including Government Policy Development and Reforms, Private Sector Development, Financial Services and Financial Inclusion technical services, Entrepreneurship/ Business Development Services, Gender and Social Inclusion, Agribusiness Development and Financing with over 33 years of professional experience in these areas.Over the years she has worked in Africa, Europe and South East Asia for clients including National Governments, Central Banks, United Nations Development Agencies, The World Bank, USAID, The European Union, The African Development Bank, diverse categories of Financial Institutions, International Development NGOs and private sector companies.