Experience

Value For Women Ltd.

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director - Development & Strategic Partnerships

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Goa, India At Value for Women, I lead the overall strategy and development of our work globally. This includes the strategic design of gender and business innovation, with a focus on financial institutions, investors and other SME ecosystem actors. I manage a team of Business and Gender Experts to devise new ways for organizations to adopt gender inclusive practices in their day-to-day operations.



Catalyst Management Services

• India
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor - Innovative Finance

  • Oct 2019 - Sep 2020

  Advised CMS and its affiliated organisations on innovative finance mechanisms.



Self-Employed

• Advisor - Impact Investing & Social Entrepreneurship

  • Apr 2018 - Sep 2020

  Goa, India Over 18 years of leadership experience in managing and scaling up business operations in global non-profits and advisory organisations. Passionate and knowledgeable about innovative finance, women leadership, impact investing and social entrepreneurship. I work as an independent adviser with clients that include some of the best organisations in the space of entrepreneurship, innovation, impact investments and social impact.



British Asian Trust

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director - India

  • Sep 2016 - Mar 2018

  Mumbai Area, India Worked closely with Global CEO and Indian Advisory Council to substantially scale up the programmes, profile and influence of the Trust in India. Led the Trust’s regional strategy and ensured rapid success in a relatively short duration, on the following fronts: o Revamped the strategic programmatic approach for BAT’s work in India. o Established a strong, credible and trusted brand with all key stakeholders – Board, NGO partners, Government functionaries, Corporate Funders, Networks and… Show more Worked closely with Global CEO and Indian Advisory Council to substantially scale up the programmes, profile and influence of the Trust in India. Led the Trust’s regional strategy and ensured rapid success in a relatively short duration, on the following fronts: o Revamped the strategic programmatic approach for BAT’s work in India. o Established a strong, credible and trusted brand with all key stakeholders – Board, NGO partners, Government functionaries, Corporate Funders, Networks and Associations, and Donors. o Led fundraising and co-funding for India programme. Raised an additional £800K for the programme partners through domestic funders. o Supported in-country profile building and fundraising for a US$ 11 Mn education Development Impact Bond including building relationship with the Government of Rajasthan, and new donors like Tata Trusts. o Supported roundtable and field visit for TRH Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall’s Royal Visit to India in Nov 2017. Show less



Intellecap

• India
• Business Consulting and Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Co-founder and Director - Sankalp Forum

  • Mar 2004 - Jul 2016

  Mumbai Director – Sankalp Forum, India (Apr 2012– Jul 2016) o Co-founder of Intellecap; Managed teams across Kenya, Indonesia and India. o Established Sankalp Forum as one the foremost global convening platform focused on entrepreneurship and impact investing. oEstablished strategic partnerships with key convening platforms such as SOCAP, Skoll World Forum, US Government’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit. o Managed team, and key client partnerships with a focus on building new… Show more Director – Sankalp Forum, India (Apr 2012– Jul 2016) o Co-founder of Intellecap; Managed teams across Kenya, Indonesia and India. o Established Sankalp Forum as one the foremost global convening platform focused on entrepreneurship and impact investing. oEstablished strategic partnerships with key convening platforms such as SOCAP, Skoll World Forum, US Government’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit. o Managed team, and key client partnerships with a focus on building new regional/ global partnerships including Sankalp Forum’s presence in India, Africa and Southeast Asia. Vice President – Knowledge & Insights (Mar 2004 – Mar 2012) o Led the Knowledge and Insights Group at Intellecap that created innovative knowledge solutions and knowledge platforms for social enterprises and investors. o Co-created Srijan Microfinance Forum, a first of its kind financial inclusion initiative that recognized the most innovative, responsible microfinance and financial inclusion businesses. o Conceptualized and served as the founding editor of Microfinance Insights, a quarterly print journal with a global readership of over 10,000 and Beyond Profit, a magazine focused on the social enterprise and investing space and a global readership of over 25,000. o Managed bespoke research projects for clients such as the Rockefeller Foundation, Gray Matters Capital, ICICI Bank, on microfinance research, affordable private schools, urban poverty trends and monitoring. Show less



Care India

• Consultant

  • Apr 2002 - Feb 2004

  New Delhi Area, India o Led and managed a pilot of rural livelihoods project in Central India. o Oversee and managed government liaising on a project that involved the revamping of the public distribution system and building an alternative distribution mechanism through the development of rural entrepreneurship and village-level entrepreneurs. o Developed and delivered training course on microfinance to rural bank managers in partnership with the College of Agricultural Banking (Reserve Bank of India) and… Show more o Led and managed a pilot of rural livelihoods project in Central India. o Oversee and managed government liaising on a project that involved the revamping of the public distribution system and building an alternative distribution mechanism through the development of rural entrepreneurship and village-level entrepreneurs. o Developed and delivered training course on microfinance to rural bank managers in partnership with the College of Agricultural Banking (Reserve Bank of India) and University of Reading UK. o Part of 3-member core team that conceptualized and launched the inaugural edition of the Microfinance India Conference (now known as the Inclusive Finance India Forum) in 2004. Show less