ASA International Group has appointed Geert Embrechts as its new CFO.

Based at the company’s Amsterdam head office, Embrechts will oversee finance, treasury, tax and investor relations, and will join the firm’s executive committee to help drive long-term sustainable growth.

He joins from Rabobank, where he served as CFO of its wholesale & rural division, bringing more than 30 years of global financial services experience, including work across emerging markets and multiple supervisory boards.

The London-listed firm said it intends to appoint Embrechts to its board as an executive director in due course and current CFO, Tanwir Rahman, will move into the role of finance director.

ASA International is one of the world’s largest microfinance institutions, providing small, socially responsible loans to low-income entrepreneurs, particularly women, across Asia and Africa.