TMG had its Annual General Meeting on April 3rd, setting the foundation for a successful 2025
Our Board members met on April 3 by virtual means to review our work in 2024, discuss the 2025 workplan, and vote on governance-related matters.

Our Board members met on April 3 by virtual means to review our work in 2024, discuss the 2025 workplan, and vote on governance-related matters.

After close to two years at The Montreal Group, Juan Davila will be moving on to a new and exciting adventure by moving to Frankfurt, Germany with his family. We welcome William Polushin as our new Head of Operations!

On November 4th, TMG members had the pleasure of attending the 3rd edition of the OECD Platform on Financing SMEs for Sustainability. On November 5th, TMG’s Sustainability Experts met at Bpifrance to continue exchanging on solutions and new ways of supporting SME sustainability.

The Montreal Group completed its Annual Summit by collaborating with the SME Finance Forum Conference this year, which explored AI’s transformative role in accelerating digital-sustainable transitions in SME finance

This year, we are joining forces with SME Finance Forum for our Annual Summit in São Paulo, Brazil.

Our Board members met on April 4 by virtual means to review our work in 2023, exchange priorities and agree on our 2024 activities.

In December 2023, the 28th session of the conference of the parties (COP28) was held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) and the Brazilian Development bank (BNDES) both attended this year’s COP and shared their thoughts with us.

TMG’s Secretariat and representatives from BBB (United Kingdom), BDC (Canda), Bpifrance (France), Finnvera (Finland) and Wallonie Entreprendre (Belgium), were in Paris for the Second Annual Conference of the OECD Platform on Financing SMEs for Sustainability.

The Chief Economist Group gathered last Tuesday to share updates about the economic situation impacting SMEs in their respective countries.

Last Wednesday, the group for Sustainability had a virtual meeting where they met with a representative from the OECD Platform on Financing SMEs for Sustainability and discussed the workplan for 2024.