Neil Baquiran
NESsT Entrepreneur-in-Residence (September 2004+, San Francisco)
Affiliation: Barclays Global Investors
NESsTER Project: NESsT Consulting
“I joined NESsT since it is clearly one of the leading organizations in the social enterprise and venture philanthropy arena. I feel I’ll be given the opportunity to utilize and combine my background in finance with my interests in the international and non-profit sectors, while learning about NESsT’s objectives in helping CSO’s in developing countries become financially sustainable. I am excited and passionate about the opportunity to contribute to and learn from NESsT’s work in this exciting and innovative field.”
Background: Neil Baquiran has joined NESsT as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, supporting NESsT’s Consulting and Enterprise Development expansion efforts. Before NESsT, Neil worked as an Associate for Barclays Global Investors in San Francisco, in both their Institutional Client Relationship Group and their Global Index and Market Group Securities Lending Client Relationship Team. Prior to BGI, Neil spent time living in Japan, initially working as a teacher in the Japanese English Teaching Program in Osaka and then as a legal assistant at Morrison and Forester LLP in Tokyo. Neil is the co-founder and current president of the Young Filipino Professional Association, a non-profit, professional networking group that connects, educates and serves Filipino American professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area. He also works with the Taproot Foundation, a group that provides local non-profits with grants of high-quality professional services, supporting their recruitment efforts. Neil holds a BA in economics and a minor in Japanese from the University of San Francisco and also studied Japanese at Sophia University in Tokyo.
Contact: baquiran@pacbell.net