Angelika Mendes-Lowney

 Angelika Mendes-Lowney is Director, Development and Strategic Partnerships at Women’s World Banking, the global nonprofit devoted to giving more low-income women access to the financial tools and resources they require to build security and prosperity. Angelika joined Women’s World Banking in 2017 and leads the organization’s strategy to engage public donors, such as bi- and multilateral governmental institutions or development banks who frequently partner with Women’s World Banking to fund the organization’s activities or entire strategy in order to advance women’s economic empowerment. Over the past seven years, Angelika has shaped key multi-year multi-million dollar partnerships with entities such as the Swiss State Secretariat of Economic Affairs (SECO), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Australia’s Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and more project-focused partnerships with entities such as the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the German Development Cooperation (GIZ), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB).   

Prior to Women’s World Banking, Angelika worked for six years for the international humanitarian NGO, Jesuit Refugee Service, first based in Nairobi, Kenya as their Regional Communications Officer for eastern Africa and then as International Fundraising Lead for their head office in Rome, Italy, leading efforts to increase contributions from individual donors for programs supporting refugees in Asia, Africa and Europe. Angelika also worked at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s head office in Berlin, Germany, where she managed the global media program with offices on four continents. 

She holds a Master’s Degree in Philosophy and Catholic Theology from the University of Munich, a Certificate in Fundraising from New York University and a Certificate in Development Studies from the Munich School of Philosophy.