Mike Laiser

Mike Laiser is an enterprise development economist by profession, and his areas of expertise are SME and rural development, micro-finance, industrial development and management, as well as technology transfer. He spent 25 years working on SME development as a Manager and consultant in Tanzania and other SADC countries. He is currently the Director-General of Small Industries Development Organization (SIDO).

Mike Laiser has chaired several organizations, such as Credit for Productive Activities for Women in Tanzania and Tanzania Youth for Employment Foundation in Kenya. He has also been a consultant for UNIDO, ESAMI, SADC, SIDA and ECA. Mr. Laiser has a Master’s in Development Finance, Project Planning and implementation from Williams College, Boston USA and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economic Planning from the University of Dar es Salaam. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management & Planning from the University of Colorado USA and a Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Project and Planning Appraisal from the University of Bradford UK.