Tony Sheldon is the Executive Director, Program on Social Enterprise, Innovation, and Impact and a Senior Lecturer in the Practice of Management at the Yale School of Management. He teaches practicum courses on social entrepreneurship, in which student teams work with organizations in India, Brazil, and Kenya, as well as a course on social “intra-preneuship” in the Executive MBA program. Tony’s professional background is in international development. He has worked with microfinance institutions in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, primarily in the areas of business planning, financial modeling, and social performance management. Tony has also been a consultant to several development finance networks and funders, including the Ford Foundation, the World Bank, the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), ShoreBank International, and Women's World Banking.
His most recent publications are as co-author of Evidence In Practice: Toward an Integrated Approach (Yale SOM, 2018), a summary of the findings of a two-year research project funded by the Hewlett Foundation, and From Extreme Poverty to Sustainable Livelihoods (World Bank 2018), on a unique program that combines social protection, livelihood development and financial services to reach extremely poor households. Other publications include CGAP’s Handbook on Business Planning and Financial Modeling for Microfinance Institutions and Women's World Banking's Principles and Practices of Financial Management.
