Dec 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 3 mos · India

• Banyan NGO is a leading mental health organization in Chennai, dedicated to providing comprehensive care and support for individuals experiencing homelessness and mental health challenges. Through a range of services including emergency and long-term care, mental health support, and community-based programs, Banyan works to empower individuals and promote social inclusion, creating pathways toward independence and dignity. Banyan Leadership in Mental Health builds on this mission by fostering a network of mental health leaders, practitioners, and researchers committed to advancing inclusive mental health policies and practices globally.

Aug 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 7 mos

• AAVAS Financiers is engaged in the business of providing housing loans, primarily in the un-served, unreached and under-served market which include the States of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Delhi.

Aug 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 7 mos · India

• The Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP) is a Bengaluru (India) based Think Tank founded in 2005. CSTEP's research explores how newly emerging technologies can be used for social and economic development. It recommends options for public policy in the areas of energy and environment, infrastructure, and emergency and disaster management. In some projects and programmes it partners with private and public organisations, including government departments.
• CSTEP is a registered Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation with the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.

May 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 10 mos · India

• Peepul is a non-profit educational organisation founded on the belief that good quality education is a right and not a privilege. Peepul works with govt agencies and other non-profit partners to improve the quality of education in govt schools. With a homegrown model and curriculum, the charity strives to offer what every child deserves – the opportunity to realise their potential, no matter where they come from.

Feb 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 1 mo

May 2015 – Jul 2019 · 4 yrs 2 mos · United Kingdom

• Reach to Teach is an international charity headquartered in the UK, that works with under-privileged children between the ages of 3-14 years in rural and disadvantaged areas in India to improve learning outcomes for children through high-quality teacher training. Vice Chair from May 2016 to July 2019.

Aug 2011 – Present · 14 yrs 7 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Waterfield Advisors is India's leading Wealth Advisory firm that works with Entrepreneurs & Family-Owned Businesses, UHNW Families and Women. The firm's founding principles are trust, transparency and an alignment of interest approach in all our client dealings. The company pioneered investment advisory services in India and the Fund of Funds business for private market investments.
• The firm's professionals are from different backgrounds and industries thereby creating a team with diversity and experience across multiple areas, each of which contributes seamlessly to the financial well-being of our clients. Waterfield's strength is it's global network, goodwill and collaborations with multiple stakeholders across the financial services industry in India and overseas.

Jan 1994 – Jan 2010 · 16 yrs

• Started as a management trainee with ANZ Grindlays Bank and spent over 16 years with the Bank. My last assignment was as Managing Director and Head of Standard Chartered's Private Bank in India with overall work experience ranging from Consumer Banking, Risk Management and SME Banking to Private Banking. Prior to the assignment with the Private Bank, I was overseeing Risk for SME Banking in India, spent two years in Singapore in Risk and prior to that several years in frontline Branch Banking.