While working for a micro-finance non-profit in South Africa after graduating college, Beshara created dvelo.org to help charities group-fund donations for projects in developing countries.

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Things may get stickier for firms that rely on non-bank finance, but even there the need to put assets to work may overcome foreign contagion.

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He even has a five-year contract with the Malaysian Central Bank run non-profit, International Center for Leadership in Finance, to train 210 IR managers per year on how to come up with a road map for the organization.

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