Jacob Haar

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Biography

Mr. Jacob Haar is a Co-Founder of Community Investment Management where he serves as Managing Partner. He serves as an Advisor at Resilience VC. He was a Co-Founder and served as Managing Director at Minlam Asset Management, an investment Advisor that launched and managed Minlam Microfinance Fund, the first global investment fund focused on providing local currency debt investment to micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) lenders in emerging markets. He served as Managing Director of Minlam from 2005 to the Fund's acquisition in 2012 and managed MSME investments, fund, and firm operations, and public-private partnerships. Following Minlam's acquisition, he oversaw Minlam Microfinance Fund's transition to the MicroVest GMG platform and served as a Partner of the acquirer, GMG Investment Advisors, where he continued working on MSME investments and fund operations until founding Community Investment Management to focus on the United States MSME market in 2013. Prior to co-founding Minlam in 2005, he worked in Azerbaijan for Save the Children USA's microfinance institution. Previously, he was the Founder and Principal of Ihylma, a socially responsible Indonesian manufacturing, and real estate company. He is a Fulbright Scholar, received an M.A. from the University of Chicago's Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. from the University of Chicago.