Al Hammond is senior entrepreneur and leader of the Health for All program at Ashoka. He is also co-founder of Healthpoint Services, a for profit social enterprise providing safe drinking water and health services in more than 130 communities (and scaling) in rural India. Prior to these activities, Al was a VP a World Resources Institute, where he helped launch the BOP movement by organizing two major international conferences, through research and publications (including the landmark study, "The Next 4 Billion: Market Size and Business Strategy at the Base of the Pyramid", and by overseeing the launch of Nextbillion.net.