Nov 2019 – May 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Jun 2019 – May 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Jul 2018 – May 2022 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Jan 2018 – May 2022 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Bangaon, West Bengal, India

Feb 2017 – Apr 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Greater Chennai Area

Jan 2017 – May 2022 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Bangalore, India

• Responsible for defining the strategic direction of (and executing against) the foundation's Jobs & Livelihoods and Financial Inclusion portfolio involving grants, equity, debt and other impact instruments
• Actively manage a portfolio of $22.7M equity and debt investments and a $7.5M grant portfolio impacting the lives of 2.5M households in the financial inclusion portfolio and 1M youth in the jobs & livelihood portfolio
• Successfully negotiated multiple exits for a net IRR of over 100% (in INR terms)
• Designed the first impact bond for school finance companyies that incentivizes improved learning level outcomes in schools by linking interest repayments to student achievements
• Represent the foundation on the boards of Kinara Capital, LabourNet, ISTAR Skill Development, Blowhorn, SkillVeri, Sonata Microfinance, Svasti Microfinance, Intellegrow, and Vindhya
• Lead the foundation's Investment Committee and responsible for the due diligence and screening of all market investments. Recently supported the foundation's $1M investment in its first livelihood platform in South Africa

Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr

Oct 2011 – Dec 2015 · 4 yrs 2 mos

• Actively manage a $11 million portfolio of grants and impact investments in Microfinance, Low Income Housing, SME Finance and Vocational Training
• Sourced and successfully negotiated multiple equity investments totaling $7 million in early stage ventures
• Provide both strategic guidance and operational oversight to portfolio companies

Jan 2016 – Dec 2022 · 6 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore

Jan 2016 – Dec 2021 · 5 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore

Jan 2016 – May 2021 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Bangalore

Jan 2012 – Mar 2017 · 5 yrs 2 mos · Bombay

Jan 2011 – Aug 2017 · 6 yrs 7 mos · Bombay

Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 · 0 mo

Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 · 0 mo

Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 · 0 mo

• Researched equity and debt investment regulations governing impact investments in India
• Researched and developed indicators to benchmark performance of social entrepreneurs and impact investment funds
• Attended 2 day Aspen Network Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) Social Venture Capital workshop

Jan 2009 – May 2009 · 4 mos

• Designed and developed an innovative rural supply chain solution leveraging mobile phones and Bluetooth printers resulting in the creation of a low cost sub-$300 solution
• Conducted rural field research to understand the needs of rural SME entrepreneurs and identified existing inefficiencies in the supply chain
• Evaluated mobile banking and payment solutions to integrate with the Drishtee rural supply chain

Nov 2005 – Dec 2008 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• Defined vision and strategy for transforming the technology department to a mature technology organization. Effectively led and managed morale through critical growth period
• Redesigned organizational structure, developed success metrics and implemented industry best practices to manage a tenfold growth in the company

Aug 2001 – Nov 2005 · 4 yrs 3 mos

• Developed financial risk assessment models for passive investment strategy, resulting in an additional $20 million in investments from the firm’s 3rd largest client
• Developed and fine tuned the firm’s Value at Risk (VaR) algorithm, cutting report generation time by 350%
• Participated in six month training program covering economic markets and portfolio theory

Jan 2000 – Jan 2001 · 1 yr