Narain Saurabh

Saurabh Narain

President and CEO, National Community Investment Fund

Saurabh Narain is President and CEO of National Community Investment Fund (www.ncif.org) an impact investor and Community Development Financial Institution (“CDFI”) that has a mission of increasing the flow of capital into underserved communities nationally. Our theory of change focuses on economic opportunity, racial justice and carbon reduction; in addition we focus on sustained long term change by investing in and working with local mission-oriented financial institutions that include minority and CDFI banks. He is a Banking Executive with almost 40-years of global experience building highly profitable businesses both in the for-profit and non-profit environments.  Under his leadership, NCIF has increased its AUM to > $280 million, has created over 16,000 jobs and is a major investor in CDFI and Minority Banks.  NCIF seeks to generate impact in underserved markets nationally using its three lines of businesses – Equity Investing, Deployment of New Markets Tax Credits and Lending. 

Saurabh is a member of the Board of US Social Investment Forum, Board of Expanding Black Business Credit Consortium (www.ebbcfund.org), Investors Council of the Global Impact Investing Network (www.thegiin.org), Advisory Boards of Wells Fargo Community Development Entity, Allivate Impact Capital, Financial Innovations Roundatble of the Carsey School, University of New Hampshire, Community Development Venture Capital Alliance (www.cdvca.org). He was past member of the Board of the CDFI Coalition (www.cdfi.org), the Federal Reserve Board’s Consumer Advisory Council and Advisory Board of Ripple (www.ripple.com).