This fall, our International Visitor's Tour will return to several cities across Western Canada. At each event in the tour, experienced microfinance spokespersons will be on hand to share about their work and discuss innovations within the sector. This year, in addition to established events in Alberta, the International Visitor's Tour will also be making stops in British Columbia and Saskatchewan.

Details about several events from the Western Canada International Visitor's Tour are available below. Watch here for further information about the full range of International Visitor's Tour events in the weeks to come.

Special Guests:

Steve Coffey (England): Steve brings 32 years of senior management experience to his work as Vice President, Strategic Relations for Opportunity. Most recently, he specialized in establishing new businesses for international blue chip companies, including Omron Corporation in Japan and Avery Dennison Corporation in the USA.

Steve, who lives in England, has established two UK-based charities supporting street children in Kenya. He is an active Trustee of the Kenya Christian Industrial Training Institute, an independent technical college providing vocational training to students from Nairobi's slums. Steve has a great passion for serving the world's poor.

Genevieve Sackey (Ghana): Genevieve Sackey is a chartered banker by profession. She has worked for Ecobank West Africa, Money Systems West Africa and the global Societe Generale de Surviellance. In 2005, Genevieve helped research Ghana's tomato industry. The goal was to identify improvements in the planting, cultivating, transportation, storage and sales chain. The experience made her realize the role microinsurance could play in transforming the lives of the poor.

In 2007, she was actively involved in forming a subsidiary of Opportunity's Micro Insurance Agency in Ghana. She is currently the Country Director.

Special Guests:

Steve Coffey (England): Steve brings 32 years of senior management experience to his work as Vice President, Strategic Relations for Opportunity. Most recently, he specialized in establishing new businesses for international blue chip companies, including Omron Corporation in Japan and Avery Dennison Corporation in the USA.

Steve, who lives in England, has established two UK-based charities supporting street children in Kenya. He is an active Trustee of the Kenya Christian Industrial Training Institute, an independent technical college providing vocational training to students from Nairobi's slums. Steve has a great passion for serving the world's poor.

Genevieve Sackey (Ghana): Genevieve Sackey is a chartered banker by profession. She has worked for Ecobank West Africa, Money Systems West Africa and the global Societe Generale de Surviellance. In 2005, Genevieve helped research Ghana's tomato industry. The goal was to identify improvements in the planting, cultivating, transportation, storage and sales chain. The experience made her realize the role microinsurance could play in transforming the lives of the poor.

In 2007, she was actively involved in forming a subsidiary of Opportunity's Micro Insurance Agency in Ghana. She is currently the Country Director.

Special Guest: TBA

Special Guest: Bernie Willock (Entrepreneur and former Olympic Cyclist)