Frank Lusby

Mr. Lusby is an enterprise development professional with over 40 years’ experience promoting private sector development and market-based solutions to fight poverty. As the founder and Executive Director of Action for Enterprise (AFE) for the past thirty years he has helped the organization become a leading authority in value chain and market systems development. Mr. Lusby provides technical support and strategic guidance to AFE long-term programs (Bangladesh, Senegal, Nepal, India, Zambia, the Philippines, etc.) in the agribusiness, crafts export, construction and tourism sectors. He works with AFE staff, consultants and country teams to develop and implement strategies to support the initiatives of Lead Firms (Inclusive Businesses) to improve their competitiveness as well as the products, services, market access and support they provide to “bottom of the pyramid” producers and entrepreneurs they source from or sell to.

Prior to AFE, he served as Chief of Party for a USAID-funded enterprise development project in Senegal.  He was also a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger and Togo from 1979 to 1982. Mr. Lusby is an active participant, speaker, and trainer in enterprise development forums and conferences worldwide. He holds an MBA in Intl. Business (George Washington Univ.), a bachelor's degree in Finance (Lehigh University) and is fluent in French. He has also authored numerous papers on value chain and market development approaches. For more information on AFE, click here.