Jason Lamb is a Deputy Director in the Financial Services for the Poor initiative at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He leads the teams’ engagement with global organizations seeking to bring financial services to everyone including those living on $2/day or less. During his tenure at the Gates Foundation he has served as Board Chair and Board Member of the Better Than Cash Alliance. He also co-authored the report Fighting Poverty Profitably in 2013 that quantified the cost savings of reaching consumers with digital financial services.
Prior to joining the foundation in 2009, Jason spent six years at Washington Mutual Bank where he managed the Consumer Checking. In addition, he spent time managing operational risk for the retail bank and as an organizational consultant to the Executive Committee. Jason gained his initial experience in the financial sector and emerging economies during his seven years at McKinsey & Company, where he advised banks in Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, and North America. He was a founding member of the McKinsey Budapest office.
Jason holds a BA in Economics and History from the University of California, Davis and an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
