CreditAccess Grameen Limited announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved the appointment of its Director Paolo Brichetti as the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board and inducted Manoj Kumar as an Additional Director (Independent) with effect from 30th October 2019. Paolo Brichetti, Founder & CEO, CreditAccess Asia and Nominee Director on the Board will replace the outgoing Chairman and Independent Director M.N. Gopinath who stepped down after completing 70 years of age. Post these two appointments, the Board will continue to be constituted of two Executive Directors, three Nominee Directors and five Independent Directors. Paolo Brichetti is the Founder and CEO of CreditAccess Asia N.V. With more than 20 years of entrepreneurial experience, Paolo has invested in starting and development of micro and small enterprise financing with a mission to provide microcredit and other financial services to low income people in India, Indonesia and the Philippines. Manoj Kumar has been an entrepreneur, investor, as well as a corporate leader with over three decades of experience in banking and financial technologies space. He has advised and invested in several fintech businesses and early state software start-ups in India and played leadership roles in the areas of Corporate Strategy, M&A, Product Management and R&D. He is also a senior advisor to Tata Trusts to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in India.