Queen Máxima has served as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA) since 2009. In this capacity, Queen Máxima, an economics graduate with a professional track record in the financial sector, advises the Secretary-General and works worldwide to make financial services more accessible.
In 2011, she was invited to become honorary patron of the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI). The GPFI is an inclusive platform for all G20 countries, interested nonG20 countries and relevant stakeholders to carry forward work on financial inclusion, including the implementation of the G20 Financial Inclusion Action Plan.