Tsolmon Gantuya

Tsolmon Gantuya joined The Asia Foundation in Mongolia in 2020. She is a former Fulbright Scholar experienced in trade, investment, women’s empowerment, and financial inclusion. She co-leads several projects, including the Women’s Economic Empowerment project funded by Global Affairs Canada. Her expertise includes enhancing women’s leadership and participation in the Mongolian economy and supporting women-owned businesses, including improving financial access and investment opportunities. She also manages the Women’s Business Center, the first dedicated center for women entrepreneurs in Mongolia.

She has positioned The Asia Foundation as the leading organization promoting gender mainstreaming in the Mongolian financial sector. She has also actively implemented activities to improve gender equality in financial organizations and increase financial access for women entrepreneurs, including piloting the first IT-based collateral-free loan for women. She has co-authored several reports, including Covid-19 Impact Assessment on Micro and Small-scale Women Business Enterprises in Mongolia and Gender Mainstreaming in the Mongolian Financial Sector, and the Guidelines to develop feminized financial products. She also actively advocates for the care economy in Mongolia.

Before joining the Foundation, she served in the Government of Mongolia for over a decade, working in the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and National Development Agency of Mongolia. Tsolmon also worked as a Summer Analyst for Promethos Capital, a Boston-based asset-management company, where she helped create a gender-focused investment fund.

Education: Tsolmon Gantuya holds a master’s degree in International Business from The Fletcher School at Tufts University and a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Pune in India.