Lawrence Yanovitch is the president of the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation which promotes life changing mobile enable services to the underserved in emerging markets. The foundation brings together the mobile industry, adjacent industries and the international development community in order to advance commercial business models in health, education, banking, women’s empowerment, agricultural productivity, identity, and renewable energy. Yanovitch was previously an officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where he managed a portfolio of investments in financial services for the unbanked targeted to reach 80 million households. Prior to that, Yanovitch had a long career in microfinance and philanthropy. He is a former member of the management team at FINCA and of the faculty of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.