Cécile Lapenu is the executive director of CERISE, a knowledge exchange network on ethical finance (http://cerise-sptf.org). CERISE has developed tools and organized studies and seminars on Social performance and impact, Rural and agricultural finance, and Governance in microfinance and social business. Cécile is in charge of the development of the tools, coordination of studies, she conducts training and social audits for financial service providers and social enterprises and conducts social assessment for investors. Before joining CERISE in 2001, Cécile Lapenu was a post-doctoral fellow at IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA). She obtained her PhD working at Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD).