Starting today and running through the 2009 Mobile Money Summit, we begin a podcast series with some of the voices we’re listening to this year as part of the CGAP/DFID Branchless Banking in 2020 scenarios work. The process is based on one driving question: How can government and private sector most affect the uptake and usage of branchless banking among the unserved majority by 2020? You can participate directly through this blog,  by joining our prediction market, or posting discussions through our Mobile Banking and Microfinance LinkedIn Group. –Jim

Claire Alexandre has advised Vodafone Group and its subsidiaries on regulatory issues related to mobile payment and money transfer services over the last six years. She has led Vodafone’s contributions to new EU legislation (including on electronic money, anti-money laundering, payment services) and been instrumental in shaping and representing the views of the mobile industry on these subjects. As part of the team leading Vodafone’s effort to launch mobile payment and money transfer services such as M-PESA, Claire is managing Vodafone’s input to financial services regulation to promote the adoption of enabling regulatory frameworks. Prior to joining Vodafone’s Public Policy team in 1999, she managed regulatory affairs for France Telecom in Scandinavia. I spoke with her at a recent scenarios workshop held in Capetown, South Africa.

Interview with Claire Alexandre